ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198436
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 August 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4263 |
| MSN: | U5+DT, gelbe D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
Crashed, possibly due to Beaufighter night fighter attack (409 Squadron RCAF (F/S Thomas)).
The Dornier was on a Feindflug (operational sortie) to Derby (Derbyshire, England) on the night of 11-12 August.
Three of the crew are still missing in action:
Flugzeugführer / Lt. E. Wolf / missing in action
Beobachter / Fw. H. Grundmann / missing in action
Bordfunker / Uffz. H. Feigenbutz / missing in action
Bordmechaniker / Uffz. F. Holzhausen / Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg, the Netherlands; grave AR-6-127 / initially buried at Leeuwarden
Sources:
LW Losses by Michael Balss (GQM (#6-10); GQM (17.09.42 Ber. "aa"); Do-217, 317 & 417, page 72 foto; Balke, KG2, II, page 438; VDK)
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1774A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2017 21:49 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-May-2019 18:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2020 09:46 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-May-2020 19:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2020 19:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Source] |
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