Date: 10th July 1940.
Unit: 1 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 2
Type: Dornier Do 17Z
Werke/Nr. (Not known).
Code: U5 + H
Location: Near Marquise, France.
Pilot: Obergefreiter. Georg Kroehl. – Wounded.
Observer: Oberfeldwebel. Karl Deckarm. – Un-injured.
Radio/Op: Gefreiter. Martin Assum. – Wounded.
Gunner: Feldwebel. Franz Enderle. – Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was attacked over the English Channel on return flight by Hurricanes of No.32 or No.111 Squadron and crash landed near Marquise 70% damaged. Both the pilot and radio/op were holders of the German Cross in Gold. Source: Ulf Balke (KG2 Operations in WWII) Part 1.
KG 2 1940 – A Dornier Do 17Z is being bombed up for the next sortie. (Brownless)
Death notice from the family of Franz Enderle.
The German ambassador in Brussels at the remembrance day at Lommel (Net)
Overall view of the German war cemetery at Lommel, Belgium (Net)
Burial detail: Franz Enderle lies in the Kriegsgräberstätte in Lommel (Belgium) Block 43 Grave 301
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless in memory of Franz Enderle. March 2015
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