Oberst Dr. Otto Sommer (Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur Delmenhorst) in Delmenhorst 1940
A German politician (NSDAP - Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), lawyer and SA Standartenführer, Dr. Otto Sommer (born 22 October 1891) was promoted to Oberst der Luftwaffe on 1 September 1937. He was appointed as Kommandeur of III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 157 to 30 April 1939, then Kommandeur III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 to 30 June 1939. After that he was appointed as Kommandant Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur Delmenhorst.
On 18 August 1940 Oberst Sommer was killed when flying as an "observer" with a crew from 9.Staffel / Kampfgeschwader 76 attacking RAF Kenley, when his aircraft (Do17Z-2; F1+HT) was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at the edge of the airfield, killing all aboard including: Beobachter [observer] Oberleutnant Hans-Siegfried Ahrens, Bordfunker [wireless operator] Feldwebel Karl Greulich, Flugzeugführer [pilot] Feldwebel Johannes Petersen and Bordschütze [air gunner] Unteroffizier Ewald Johannes Dietz.
On 18 August 1940 Oberst Sommer was killed when flying as an "observer" with a crew from 9.Staffel / Kampfgeschwader 76 attacking RAF Kenley, when his aircraft (Do17Z-2; F1+HT) was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at the edge of the airfield, killing all aboard including: Beobachter [observer] Oberleutnant Hans-Siegfried Ahrens, Bordfunker [wireless operator] Feldwebel Karl Greulich, Flugzeugführer [pilot] Feldwebel Johannes Petersen and Bordschütze [air gunner] Unteroffizier Ewald Johannes Dietz.
Source :
"Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries" by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey
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