Crew Details - Dornier 17 Conservation Project

The German crew details were as follows:

Pilot: Feldwebel (Flt Sgt) Willi Effmert, wounded (POW), age 24.

Observer: Unteroffizier (Sgt) Herman Ritzel (POW), age 21.

Wireless Operator: Unteroffizier (Sgt) Helmut Reinhardt, killed (buried Ysselsteyn, Holland - block BQ, row 6, plot 136), age 27.

Bombardier: Gefreiter (Cpl) Heinz Huhn, killed (buried Cannock Chase - block 1, row 1, plot 405), age 21.

• Read 264's Squadron's Combat Report of 26th August 1940
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