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Date: | Friday 29 May 1942 |
Time: | 17:05 LT |
Type: | Dornier Do 217J |
Owner/operator: | Ergänzungsstaffel/NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 1293 |
MSN: | R4+CS |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Schönefeld Airfield, Brandenburg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Heimatflug (non-operational sortie) |
Narrative:The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, followed by an impact fire.
(FF) Leutnant Horst Schimmel
(Bf) Unteroffizier Anton Basse
(Bs) Unteroffizier Hugo Rode
(T.P.) Obergefreiter Andreas Bauer
Schönefeld was an Industriehafen built 1935-36 for the Henschel firm. Its main activity during the was was the assembly of Ju 88 bombers along with some experimental work. Askania and Telefunken manufactured and installed airborne radar sets, primarily the Lichtenstein apparatus.
Sources:
GQM (#6-9); NVM (NJG2_IV_016)
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf Images:
KTB FlH Gilze-Rijen
source: BAMA, via J. Junker
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Mar-2021 14:58 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
26-Mar-2021 12:51 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Operator] |
05-Jul-2022 00:09 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |