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Mission: None operational

Date: 9th December 1941

Unit: 9 Staffel / Nachtjagdgeschwader 3

Type: Messerschmitt Bf110E-1

Werke/Nr. 3450

Code: M8 + HN

Location: 200 mts NE of Berkheim, near Esslingen, Stuttgart, Germany

Pilot: Unteroffizier Einar Arngrim 53585/294 Killed (Born 28.02.1919 in Barmen.)

Radio/Op: Obergefreiter Ruper Poell 5310175/41 Killed (Born 23.09.1920 in Altenberg, Steiermark, Austria.)

REASON FOR LOSS:

Aircraft was on a searchlight co-operation flight. It is believed that the pilot was blinded by a searchlight causing the machine to crash. Both crew being killed.

Ruper Poell_1     Ruper Poell and wife_1
Obergefreiter Rupert Poell

Burial detail:
Unknown?

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