Mission: Aerodromes in Cambridge area, England.

Date: 13/14th July 1943

Time: 11.59 hours

Unit: 16 Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 2

Type: Messerschmitt Me 410A-1

Werke/Nr. 0238

Coded: U5 + KG

Location: In the sea 5 miles E of Felixstowe, Suffolk

Pilot: Feldwebel Franz Zwissler 58214/271 Killed (Born 20.03.1920 in Muenchen)

Radio/Op: Oberfeldwebel Leo Raida 58214/270 Killed (Born 04.07.1917 in Glogan/Schles.)

REASON FOR LOSS:

This aircraft was intercepted and shot down by F/L E. N. Bunting and P/O F. G. French in a Mosquito XII of No. 85 Squadron off the Suffolk coast.

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Radio/Op Oberfeldwebel Leo Raida (via Potter)

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Graves of Franz Zwissler and Leo Raida, Felixstowe Cemetery
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