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21.12.1939 3./(F)121 Heinkel He 111H-2 Wnr.(not recorded) Uffz. Keller Location: Near Spöck, Germany. (New July 2014)
Mission: Reconnaissance flight.

Date: 21st December 1939

Unit: 3 Staffel./Fernaufklaerungsgruppe 121

Type: Heinkel He 111H-2

Werke/Nr.(Not recorded)

Coded: (not known)

Location: Crashed near Spöck, NE of Karlsruhe, Germany.

Pilot: Unteroffizier. Kurt Keller – Killed.

Observer: Leutnant. Wintermeyer – Injured/Safe?

Flt/Engineer: Obergefreiter. Ewald Otto – Killed.

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Flt/Eng; Ewald Otto in the cockpit of Heinkel He 111 (Schmitz)

REASON FOR LOSS:

Presumed went into a tailspin due to stall during reconnaissance flight, Aircraft 100% write-off.

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Aftermath, burnt out remains of Kurt Keller’s He 111 in woodland near Spöck (Schmitz)


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Pilot Kurt Keller pointing to a map of England (Schmitz)cccccccccccccccccc ccccccccccc Portrait of Ewald Otto (Schmitz)ccccccccccc

Burial detail: Believed taken back to their home towns for burial.

Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless, with special thanks to Chuck Schmitz (U.S.A.) and Matti Salonen. (New July 2014).