ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 197415
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| Date: | Sunday 2 August 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | II./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5502 |
| MSN: | U5+ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eindhoven airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie. Target: Norwich, England.
Bruchlandung infolge Jägerbeschuss - crash-landing due to battle damage caused by enemy night fighter attack. The Beobachter (observer) and Bordmechaniker (flight engineer) were both injured.
Damage: 20%
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0335&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kampfgeschwader/KG2.htm
GQM (#6-10); Balke, KG2, II, page 437
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 February 1942 | 5348 | 9./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland | |
sub |
| 22 February 1944 | III./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| 11 August 1944 | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 4 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 11 August 1944 | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 4 | Aalstraat, Gilze, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 20 August 1944 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | ||
| 3 September 1944 | 6030 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 September 1944 | 5348 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 September 1944 | 4207 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 September 1944 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| 4 September 1944 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2017 14:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Dec-2019 08:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-May-2020 16:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2020 16:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Jun-2022 01:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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