Date: 7/8th March 1943
Unit: 9 Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 2
Type: Dornier Do 217 E-4
Werke/Nr. 5547
Code: U5 + BT
Location: 30 miles off the Sussex coast.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel Heinz Ahrens 57359/245 Missing (Born 01.09.1917 in Penzlin Krs.Waren)
Observer: Unteroffizier Rudolf Siegmund 57359/236 Missing (Born 15.05.1921 in Grotau Krs.Reichenberg)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Heinrich Knapp 58209/143 Killed (Born 09.06.1921 in Reichenberg)
Gunner: Feldwebel Alfons Kurze 62880/18 Missing (Born 31.03.1915 in Schirgiswalde Krs.Bautzen)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft is believed shot down by W/C Wood in a Beaufighter of No.604 Squadron 30 miles off the Sussex coast.
Feldwebel Alfons Kurze missing in action since 1943 (via
Hall)
Burial detail:
Heinrich Knapp's body was washed ashore at Ambleteuse, near
Boulogne on the 27.04.43.
He was laid to rest with full military honours at Pihen,
28.04.43.
