4/KG40.
Dornier Do217E (4381). Night minelaying sortie to Rye Bay. Flew into hillside at 350ft and crashed into an empty bungalow at Fyrsway, Fairlight, East Sussex, 8.55pm. Fw. Hartmut Eucker (FF), Gefr. Rolf Fischer (B), Gefr. Ernst Kern (Bf), and Uffz. Kurt Tomczyk (Bm) all killed. Aircraft F8+BM.
4/KG40.
Dornier Do217E (4381). Night minelaying sortie to Rye Bay. Flew into hillside at 350ft and crashed into an empty bungalow at Fyrsway, Fairlight, East Sussex, 8.55pm. Fw. Hartmut Eucker (FF), Gefr. Rolf Fischer (B), Gefr. Ernst Kern (Bf), and Uffz. Kurt Tomczyk (Bm) all killed. Aircraft F8+BM.
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