3.(F)/22 loss in February 1942

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Hello,

The Luftwaffe loss list (Gen.Qu.6.Abt) for 4 February 1942 has for entry 14 the Do 17 WNr 3597 of 3.(F)/22 damaged at 15% by Flak fire during an operational sortie to Staraja-Russa. Two crew, Lt Franz Mörkförster (observer) and Uffz Kurt Martin (radio), were initially reported as wounded. The status of Mörkförster was changed (if I read correctly on 24 February 1942) to dead.

There is no Mörkförster listed in Volksbund or in the death cards at fold3, but among the latter there is a Lt Franz Mürköster of 3.(F)/22 who was wounded by Flak shrapnel during a mission (Feindflug) SE of Cholm on 1 February 1942 and who died in an hospital (I read Armeelazaret) at Dno on 5 February. He was born on 16 March 1907 in Arnsberg.
See https://www.fold3.com/image/699152426

The dead list for Arnberg confirmed the name, a Franz Mürköster from here died during the war.
See https://www.arnsberg.de/archiv/archi...otenzettel.pdf

So I guess the loss list had a false name. Can someone confirm the name from the NVM, please ?

By the way the name Mörkförster can also be found in the Lufwaffe officers carreer files by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey, probably coming direct from the loss files (no other data than the loss data for this entry).