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Otto Hirschfeld

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Otto Hirschfeld

Birth
Hanover, Region Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
22 Jan 1944 (aged 25)
At Sea
Burial
Hawkinge, Shepway District, Kent, England
Plot
German War Graves O-7-8
Memorial ID
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Luftwaffe. 22nd January 1944.
2/KG40.
Heinkel He177A ( ). Night sortie to London. Shot down by RAF Mosquito night fighter of 85 Squadron and crashed in the Channel off Fairlight, East Sussex, 4.29am. Oberfw. Alfred Billing (FF) killed (Body washed ashore at Dover on 23rd January). Fw. Otto Hirschfeld (Bf) killed (Body washed ashore at Lydd-on-Sea (or Deal?), 23rd January). Uffz. Josef Stanjewski (Bs), Gefr. Alfred Morbitzer (Bs) missing. Fw. Heinrich Beitter (B), Oberfw. Franz Andrae (Bm) bailed-out and captured.
Luftwaffe. 22nd January 1944.
2/KG40.
Heinkel He177A ( ). Night sortie to London. Shot down by RAF Mosquito night fighter of 85 Squadron and crashed in the Channel off Fairlight, East Sussex, 4.29am. Oberfw. Alfred Billing (FF) killed (Body washed ashore at Dover on 23rd January). Fw. Otto Hirschfeld (Bf) killed (Body washed ashore at Lydd-on-Sea (or Deal?), 23rd January). Uffz. Josef Stanjewski (Bs), Gefr. Alfred Morbitzer (Bs) missing. Fw. Heinrich Beitter (B), Oberfw. Franz Andrae (Bm) bailed-out and captured.

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  • Maintained by: Steve Rob
  • Originally Created by: Sheilia W.
  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55232120/otto-hirschfeld: accessed ), memorial page for Otto Hirschfeld (9 Apr 1918–22 Jan 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55232120, citing Hawkinge Cemetery and Crematorium, Hawkinge, Shepway District, Kent, England; Maintained by Steve Rob (contributor 50310108).