Mission: Reconnaissance.
Date: 12th October 1939
Unit: 1 Staffel./Fernaufklärungsgruppe 123
Type: Dornier Do 17P
Werk Nr. (not known)
Coded: 4U +
Location: Kerzenheim 25 km NE of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Karl Löw 1./(F)123 Nr.13 - Killed. Born 17.10.1907 in Nürnberg.
Observer: Leutnant. Albert Kohler 1./(F)123 Nr.320 - Killed. Born 10.02.1913 in Erlangen.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Erwin Schönborn 1./(F)123 Nr.38 – Killed.
Main image - L to R; Pilot Karl Löw, Observer, Albert Kohler and Radio Op, Erwin Schönborn (Armin Goebel and Fritz Schlichting)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Not known, the only details we have are that this aircraft crashed and burned.
Burial detail: Nothing found on VDK website.
Compiled by Alex King with special thanks to Armin Goebel and Fritz Schlichting.
Pilot Karl Löw pictured here at Langendiebach with his two young boys (Armin Goebel and Fritz Schlichting)
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