ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223928
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| Date: | Saturday 18 July 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5351 |
| MSN: | U5+DS, rote D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea off Orford Ness, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
Takeoff for an operation to the eastern coast of England.
Shot down by Spitfire pilot Flight lieutenant Archer of the No. 416 Squadron RCAF.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Unteroffizier Otto Boor - missing in action
Beobachter - Oberleutnant Otto Waldmann - killed
Bordschütze - Unteroffizier Sepp Oberleitmer - missing in action
Bordmechaniker - Unteroffizier Johannes Chmela - killed - washed ashore on the island of Fanø, Denmark
Sources:
LW Losses by Michael Balss
http://www.flensted.eu.com/g1942057.shtml
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2019 12:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Mar-2020 15:01 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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