Mission: Reconnaissance, Metz, France
Date: 29th September 1939
Unit: 1 Staffel./Fernaufklärungsgruppe 123
Type: Dornier Do 17P
W/ Nr. (not known).
Coded: 4U +
Location: Langendiebach, Germany?
Observer: Oberfeldwebel. Max Freiherr von Perglas 1./(F123 Nr.43 – Killed.
Photo - Centre; Max Freiherr von Perglas (Armin Goebel and Fritz Schlichting).
REASON FOR LOSS:
Ofw. von Perglas died due to oxygen failure during a reconnaissance mission to Metz. Death caused by faulty oxygen equipment.
Born 09.03.1913 in Esslingen /Necka.
Burial detail: None found on VDK site, possibly taken back to Esslingen for burial?
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