Date: 11th May 1943
Unit: 3 Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 2
Type: Dornier Do 217E-4
Werke/Nr. 1163
Code: U5 + FL
Location: In sea off the Ness Point.
Pilot: Leutnant Eberhard Pleiss 57358/365 Killed (Born 17.04.1923 in Schwaebisch Hall.)
Observer: Unteroffizier Wilhelm Stöcker 57359/227 Killed (Born 04.02.1921 in Altenrath.)
Radio/Op: Obergefreiter Carl Busch 57358/317 Missing (Born 27.11.1921 in Leck.)
Gunner : Oberfeldwebel Hermann Heuyng 69647/75 Missing (Born 13.10.1916 in Koeln.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
The pilot of this aircraft was dazzled by searchlights, during evasive action the aircraft crashed into the sea off the Ness Point.
Artists impression of the loss of Lt Pleiss's Dornier 217
(via Collis)
Leutnant Eberhard Pleiss (via Collis). Obergefeiter Carl
Busch missing in action (via Hall)Suspected grave of Lt
Pleiss
Death notice for Unteroffizier Willy Stöcker killed in
action
Unteroffizier Wilhelm Stöcker grave and the suspected grave
of Lt Pleiss in Lowestoft Cemetery (A.R. Society archives)
Burial details:
In Grave No.522, Lowestoft Cemetery lies an unknown German
soldier, it is believed to be the German airman washed
ashore at Gunton on the 30.05.43, Eberhard Pleiss could be
this missing airman. Uffz Stöcker also lies in the same
cemetery.
