Date: 26th July 1943
Time: 01.15 hours.
Unit: 5 Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 2
Type: Dornier Do 217 E-4
Werke/Nr. 4395
Code: U5 + AN
Base: Soesterberg, Holland.
Location: Criftens Farm, Long Riston, Yorkshire.
Pilot: Unteroffizier Hans-Ulrich Colve 69646/168 Killed (Born 15.07.1921 in Greifswald/Pommern.)
Observer: Unteroffizier Fritz Pilger 69646/203 Killed (Born 25.06.1922 in Dortmund.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Helmut Gabriel 69646/173 Killed (Born 31.08.1918 in Chwallowitz.)
Gunner: Obergefreiter Rudolf Trodler 57359/419 Killed (Born 07.09.1918 in Heidenau b. Dresden.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down by AA fire whilst attacking the city of Hull.
Burial details:
This crew are all laid to rest in the Brandesburton
Churchyard near Hornsea, East Yorkshire.
