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Mission: Yes

Date: 30th July 1942

Time: 02.30 hrs

Unit: 8 Staffel / Nachtjagdgeschwader 3

Type: Messerschmitt Bf110E-2

Werke/Nr. 2429

Code: D5 + FR

Location: North of Hirson, northern France

Pilot: Hauptmann Karl Helmer B65142/44 Killed (Born 24.09.1911 in Obernbeck/Westf.)

REASON FOR LOSS:
Shot down by enemy night-tfighter after sustaining hits in one of the engines and cockpit area.

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Hauptmann Karl Helmer

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Burial detail:
Heldenfriedhof Brussel-Evere.

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