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.∼Died Fairlight Nr Hastings
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.∼Died Fairlight Nr Hastings
Gravesite Details
Buried 08 Jan 1943
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