Date: 3rd September 1942
Unit: 4 Staffel / Nachtjagdgeschwader 3
Type: Dornier Do 217J
Werke/Nr. 1328
Base: Schleswig, Germany.
Location: Vilslev, Fanö, Denmark.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel Karl Haisch 69023/99 Slightly injured (Born 06.01.1914 in Markgröningen.)
Flt/Engr: Obergefreiter Adam Gerhardt II/ZG I.Stab Nr.158 Killed (Born 25.09.1918 in Wallerstädten.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft crashed on landing on return from mission, Adam Gerhardt being the only fatality. The pilot, Karl Haisch was given ten days rest after the accident and then returned for operational duties with the 4th Staffel. Haisch was later killed in action on the 20th March 1943.
Above left to right: Oberfeldwebel Karl Haisch, Obergefreiter Adam Gerhardt
Burial details:
Adam Gerhardt lies in the Gemeindefriedhof Esbjerg - Jytland, Denmark. W61 (A.III-13-21)
