ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227726
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| Date: | Sunday 18 August 1940 |
| Time: | 13:40 LT |
| Type: | Dornier Do 17 Z-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./KG 76 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | F1+ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel off Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cormeilles-en-Vexin airfield, France |
The aircraft was shot down by Hurricane fighters of 1 Squadron RAF, based at RAF Northolt.
The Dornier was on a Feindflug (operational sortie) to RAF Biggin Hill, London.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Lt. Leder Luftwaffe - - washed up unknown
- Uffz. Ulbrich Luftwaffe - missing in action
- Uffz. A. Disch 71043/38 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn BF-4-78 - washed up near Haamstede (Zeeland, the Netherlands) on 20 September 1940
- Uffz. Rudolf Luftwaffe - missing in action
- Uffz. H. Szybinski Luftwaffe Bourdon cemetery; 16-12-433
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0783D&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/1_wwII.html
Google Maps
GQM (#1-2); BoB T&N, s.583
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2019 19:21 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Jul-2019 19:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 15:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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