Date: 16th August 1940
Time: 4.55 p.m.
Unit: 3 Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 2
Type: Dornier Do 17Z-2
Werke/Nr. Unknown
Code: U5 + LL
Location: Summerfield, near Staple, Kent, England.
Pilot: Leutnant Heinz Moellenbrok Baled out captured wounded. (Born 06.04.1920.)
Observer: Unteroffizier Philipp Hess Baled out captured wounded. (Born ?)
Radio/Op: Gefreiter Gerhard Reinicke Killed. (Born 12.10.1919.)
Gunner : Gefreiter Johann Golob Killed. (Born 09.12.1914.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft intercepted by Hurricanes of No.56 Squadron during sortie to attack Hornchurch aerodrome. Probably that attacked by P/O Bryan Wicks. Ploughed into the ground and broke up on impact. Lt Moellenbrok and Uffz Hess baled out and captured wounded and admitted to Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich. Gefr Reinicke and Gefr Golob baled out too low and were killed.
Leutnant Moellenbrok spent the war as a POW
Watercolour sketch by Heinz Moellenbrok as a POW
Burial details:
Those who lost their lives now lie in the Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase, Staffs.
Gefr Reinicke Block 1, Grave 37 and Gefr Golob Grave 38.
