Date: 8th December 1941
Unit: 3 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 40
Type: Focke Wulf Fw 200C-3
Werke/Nr.0085
Coded: F8 +
Location: Cognac, France.
Pilot: Feldwebel. Ludwig Kogel - Killed.
Pilot 2: Unteroffizier. Hans Kaspers - Killed.
Radio/Op 1: Unteroffizier. Karl Reichl - Killed.
Radio/Op 2: Unteroffizier. Robert Skopek - Killed.
Gunner1: Unteroffizier. Herbert Stretzel - Killed.
Gunner2: Obergefreiter. Walter Fetzel - Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft crashed at Cognac, cause unknown.
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Petronella, Johann & son (Matthe).
Burial detail: No further details found on German (VDK) website.
Researched & compiled by Melvin Brownless, with thanks to Mike Matthe & Matti Salonen, June 2012.