Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3178
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
4 Dec 43 Übungsflug -
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Dornier Do 217 M-1 56122 U5+IL 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe Eindhoven
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
1500 Shot down by fighter of 198 Sqdn Crashed 4 km Southeast of Best near Eindhoven 100% Noord-Brabant
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Flugzeugführer Uffz. R. König 23 57359/578 Luftwaffe KIA Ysselsteyn AA-3-62 Initially buried Eindhoven
Beobachter Gfr. G. Dressler 22 57359/580 Luftwaffe KIA Ysselsteyn AA-3-63 Initially buried Eindhoven
Bordfunker Uffz. Schulz 22 57359/577 Luftwaffe SAFE - FSA
Bordschütze Ogfr. K. Spieker 23 57359/579 Luftwaffe WIA - FSA
Wartime Records Background Info
General Quartiermeister Luftwaffe KTB Gilze Rijen says U5+FL

Version April, 2022