Date: 25/26th July 1943
Unit: Stabsschwarm/Kampfgeschwader 2
Type: Dornier Do 217 K-1
Werke/Nr. 4412
Code: U5 + BA
Location: In the sea 15 miles east of Spurn Head, off the River Humber, Hull, England.
Base: Soesterberg, Holland.
Pilot: Unteroffizier Max Reuthe F.A.R.13/3505 Missing (Born 28.12.1919 in Stuttgart.)
Observer: Unteroffizier Siegfried Ludwig Fl.Aus.Rgt.63 Nr.788 POW (Born 17.03.1921 in Chemnitz, Zwickau, Altendorf.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Heinrich Boening Ln.Komp.Nr.507 Missing (Born 05.01.1921 in Schreiburg.)
Gunner: Unteroffizier Willi Schuerlein 58214/168 POW (Born 07.09.1918 in Heidenau b.Dresden.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down into the sea in flames by a Beaufighter of No. 604 Squadron flown by F/O B. R. Keele and F/O G. H. Cowles at 00.46 hours.
Unteroffizier Heino Boening missing in action
Death notice for Heino Boening
Burial details:
None - two crew still listed as missing in action.
