Mission: Attack on Hull, England.
Date: 3/4th January 1943.
Unit: 8 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 2
Type: Dornier Do 217E-4
Werke.Nr. 5498
Coded: U5 + MS
Location: Harderwijk, (Ijsselmeer), Netherlands.
Pilot: Leutnant. Hans Guul. 58214/178 - Killed.
Observer: Obergefreiter. Werner Bendfeld. 58214/210 - Killed.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Hans Lehmann. 53576/894 - Killed.
Flt/Eng: Gefreiter. Herbert Baacke. 58214/165 - Killed.
Date: 3/4th January 1943.
Unit: 8 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 2
Type: Dornier Do 217E-4
Werke.Nr. 5498
Coded: U5 + MS
Location: Harderwijk, (Ijsselmeer), Netherlands.
Pilot: Leutnant. Hans Guul. 58214/178 - Killed.
Observer: Obergefreiter. Werner Bendfeld. 58214/210 - Killed.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Hans Lehmann. 53576/894 - Killed.
Flt/Eng: Gefreiter. Herbert Baacke. 58214/165 - Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Crashed on return flight from Hull, England, possibly damaged by night fighter or flak during flight. All four crew members killed in the crash at Harderwijk.
Original burial plot of the pilot, Leutnant. Hans Guul. (Guul/Brownless).
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless. Source: Ulf Balke, “Der Luftkrieg in Europa” and WASt, Berlin. Not forgetting the brother of Hans, Gerhard Guul, Flensburg, 1991 for supplying the image of the grave.
