Date: 29th July 1940
Unit: 4 Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 76
Type: Junkers Ju 88A-1
Werke Nr. ? (Any further information would be appreciated)
Code: F1 +
Location: English Channel approximately 20 miles south of Worthing, Sussex
Pilot: Leutnant Martin Nier Missing
Observer: Major Walter Donaubauer Killed
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Gerhard Cordes Missing
Gunner: Unteroffizier Wilhelm Peters Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Believed shot down 20 miles south of Worthing by Hurricanes of No.145 Squadron. (Battle of Britain "Then & Now" Mk.V) Major Donaubauer who was the former Staffelkapitaen of 1./(F)123 was assigned for this mission from Stab II./KG76.
Major Walter Donaubauer killed in action
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