Hermann Göring at Hans Jeschonnek's funeral. As part of Operation CROSSBOW, Allied bombing raids struck Peenemünde on the night of August 17-18, 1943; Jeschonnek erroneously ordered Berlin's air defenses to fire upon 200 German fighters who had mistakenly gathered near the Reich's capital. Jeschonnek shot himself on August 18, 1943 at the Wolfschanze (Wolf's Lair) in Rastenburg, East Prussia.
