ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211725
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| Date: | Sunday 30 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:57 |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 N-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 1462 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Florennes Airfield, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
At 02:28, the Dornier was engaged in combat with Short Stirling EH881 of No. 75 Squadron RAF near Bonn. Hager managed to shoot the Stirling down, three crew members perishing. Unteroffizier Fritz J. Leda, the Bordfunker of Leutnant Hager, was mortally injured by return fire from the Stirling.
Call Sign: G9+FM
Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Leutnant Johannes Hager - WIA
Bordfunker - Unteroffizier Fritz J. Leda - KIA
Bordmechaniker - Oberleutnant Günther Meinel - WIA
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/dornier-217-te-florennes
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2018 17:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 31-May-2018 19:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-May-2018 19:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2019 18:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase] |
| 13-Dec-2019 21:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2022 19:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 06-Nov-2022 21:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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