ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52897
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| Date: | Saturday 16 May 1942 |
| Time: | 17:05 |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5373 |
| MSN: | U5+BL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 30 km east of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands |
Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft was damaged by a Supermarine Spitfire aircraft of 412 Squadron RCAF and crashed.
Three of the crew rest at Ysselsteyn in Limburg, the Netherlands:
Flugzeugführer / Ofw. K. Fischer Luftwaffe / missing in action
Beobachter / Hptm. H. Schmidt-Hederich Luftwaffe / grave AR-6-135
Bordfunker / Uffz. H. Hartmann 58207/84 Luftwaffe / grave CL-1-24
Bordmechaniker / Ofw. G. Höhenrieder Luftwaffe / grave AR-6-138
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1512A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
GQM (#6); Balke, KG2, II, page 431
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=30690
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-May-2017 15:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 16:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2020 11:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2020 11:46 | gerard57 | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source] |
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