ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223934
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| Date: | Friday 31 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:00 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5470 |
| MSN: | U5+ET, gelbe E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Glatton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
Takeoff for a Feindflug (operational sortie) to the Vickers & Dunlop factories at Birmingham (West Midlands, England) (30./31.7.1942).
The aircraft suffered a direct AAA-hit and crashed.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Feldwebel Karl Laub - killed
Beobachter - Feldwebel Hermann Werner - killed
Bordfunker - Feldwebel Karl-August Güssefeld - killed
Bordschütze - Unteroffizier Hermann Hammelmann - killed
Sources:
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Google Maps
book Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 October 1942 | 5421 | 9./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | 2 km SW of Cognac, Charente 16 |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2019 14:35 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 13-Apr-2019 16:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2020 15:04 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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