Date: 23rd November 1939
Type: Dornier Do 17P
Unit: 1 Staffel/Fernaufklaerungsgruppe 123
Werke Nr. Unknown
Code: 4U + MH
Location: Near the Swiss border at Baume-les-Doubs, France
Pilot: Unteroffizier Hans Poetzinger Erk. 1.(F)/123 Nr.19 POW (Born 11.04.1914 in Grasau / Oberbayern.)
Observer: Feldwebel Leo Knoch Erk. 1.(F)/123 Nr.48 POW (Born 12.06.1913 in Buechenau / Bruchsal.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Friedrich Boehle Erk. 1.(F)/123 Nr.36 POW (Born 10.11.1916 in Dortmund.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was chased and attacked by two French fighters piloted by, Lt. Bissoudre and Sgt Tourne of GC II/3 during a reconnaissance mission over Dijon airfield. Forced to belly-land near the French-Swiss border. The crew were captured by the Swiss and interned. They all returned to the Staffel on the 4th April 1940. NOTE: Leo Knoch was posted missing in action on the 07.05.41.
Unteroffizier Friedrich Boehle, Feldwebel Leo Knoch, Unteroffizier Hans Poetzinger.
The wreck of the 4U + MH being examined by French soldiers after the crash landing
