Date: 29th August 1943
Unit: 6 Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 2
Type: Dornier Do 217 E-4
Werke/Nr. 5587
Code: U5 + DP
Location: Quadrant 56/05 Ost.
Pilot: Unteroffizier Hans-Ulrich Scheuffelen 69646/208 Killed *Born 15.04.1919 in Stuttgart.)
Observer: Obergefreiter Franz Schreiber 68578/113 Killed (Born 01.06.1921 in Haag.)
Radio/Op: Obergefreiter Guenther Prinz 69645/201 Killed (Born 31.03.1924 in Oberhausen.)
Gunner: Obergefreiter Fritz Gluege 57359/366 Killed (Born 20.01.1922 in Schloss Golau.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was involved on a reconnaissance mission over the North Sea, with the first part of the mission over, the aircraft landed at Westerland aerodrome. After taking off on its return flight to Soesterberg the aircraft immediately crashed into the sea off the Island of Sylt, Germany. All four members of the crew were killed. Their bodies were eventually washed ashore on the Island of Sylt 19.09.43.
The pilot - Unteroffizier Hans-Ulrich Scheuffelen
Burial details:
This crew were originally laid to rest at the
Soldatenfriedhof Westerland.
