22 December 1940

Dornier Do 17 Z-3 (WNr. 2632 - code ?)
South of Brest - Lanvéoc
(contributors : Claude Archambault, Frédéric Hénoff, Philippe Dufrasne, Alain Floch)

Dornier Do 17Z, France, 1940
Photo © Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-345-0784-14A - Photographer Gentsch

Crew (2./Kü.Fl.Gr.606)

- (FF*) Feldwebel Karl OTT, born on 05/06/1917 in Schwarzenbach
Block 5 Reihe 9 Grab 239 . Ploudaniel-Lesneven.

- (B*) Leutnant zur See Herbert BECKER, born on 09/06/1917 in Wilhelmshaven. 
Block 9 Reihe 1 Grab 18. Ploudaniel-Lesneven.

- (Bm*) Unteroffizier Heinrich FLOßDORF, born on 03/08/1914 in Rölsdorf.
Block 9 Reihe 16 Grab 396. Ploudaniel-Lesneven.

- (Bf*) Obergefreiter Johachim SCHMALFUß, wounded

* FF : Flugzeugführer (Pilot) - B = Beobachter (Observer) - Bf = Bordfunker (Radio operator) - Bm = Bordmechaniker (Engineer)

The graves of Karl OTT and Heinrich FLOßDORF in 1940. Perhaps the nearby graves are those of other crew members.
Photo collection Benoit Paquet (ABSA 39-45)

THE STORY
The plane crashed while returning from a mission over Liverpool on December 22, 1940. Three crew members were killed, one was injured.

Death certificate of Karl OTT (# G-A 669/1163).
Document's source Fold3 "Germany, Military Killed in Action 1939-1948" - origin Bundearchiv

Death certificate of Heinrich FLOßDORF (# G-B 150/1154).
Document's source Fold3 "Germany, Military Killed in Action 1939-1948" - origin Bundearchiv

Death certificate of Herbert BECKER (# G-A 039/0314).
Document's source Fold3 "Germany, Military Killed in Action 1939-1948" - origin Bundearchiv