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.
Radio/Op Oberfeldwebel Leo Raida (via Potter)
Graves of Franz Zwissler and Leo Raida, Felixstowe Cemetery
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