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.
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.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Not known, this aircraft crashed and burned.
L to R; Pilot Karl Löw, Observer, Albert Kohler and Radio Op, Erwin Schönborn (Brownless)
Pilot Karl Löw pictured here at Langendiebach with his two young boys (Brownless)
Burial detail: Nothing found on VDK website.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless with special thanks to Armin Goebel and Fritz Schlichting, sadly no longer with us, July 2013.