Date: 11th September 1944
Unit: 9 Staffel / Nachtjagdgeschwader 5
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4
Werke/Nr. 730201
Code: C9 + HT
Location: 8 Km NE of Damgarten, Germany.
Base: Parchim, Germany.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel Wolfram Westphal 53644/420 Killed (Born 20.10.1917 in Berlin - Tempelhof.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Karl Seidt Ln.-Komp.379 Killed (Born 30.06.1921 in Schwarzenberg/Schwarzwald.)
Gunner : Gefreiter Helmut Steppich Nr.1859.Fl.Abt.39 Killed (Born 26.06.1924 in Lauingen/Dillingen.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down in combat with the loss of all three crew members.
Gefreiter Helmut Steppich - killed in action
Research Melvin Brownless (ARS) January 2009
Burial details:
Gefr Steppich was laid to rest at Damgarten on the 17.09.1944.
