[Chris Goss]

From my book:


Both Gruppe would remain in southern France until mid-November 1943 losing another four Do 217 E-5s and the first Do 217K-3 on operations and in accidents. One of those killed was the newly appointed Kommandeur of II./KG 100 Hptm Heinz Molinnus on 4 October 1943-during an attack on a convoy, II./KG 100 was intercepted by P-39s of GC 3/6 with Adj Albert Le Bras and Adj Gabriel Mertzisen shooting down Oblt Wolfgang Böttger of 6./KG 100 off Cap Tenes, Algeria at 1920 hrs (he and three crew were killed but the Beobachter was rescued from his dinghy nearly four hours later). Whether they damaged the aircraft flown by Molinnus is not known for sure but he and his crew were killed when they crashed on landing at Istres.