Re: Information concerning Loss of Feldwebel Otto Bauer 0ver England 30.09.1940
Correct Robert.
8./KG3 Dornier Do17Z-3 (4227). Shot down by fighters following sortie over London and crashed in the Thames Estuary 2.40 p.m. BM Fw Alfred Salomo killed, BF Uffz Ludwig Schroff, HB Fw Otto Bauer, and FF Fw Rudolf Schierling all missing. Aircraft 5K+HR 100% write-off.
The body of Alfred Salomo, initially identified as 'Gniza' (sic), was washed up near Bennet House, Walton-on-the-Naze, on October 31.
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