ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236158
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 August 1942 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5319 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kasterlee, Antwerp -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | an airfield in the Netherlands |
Takeoff at 15:08 hrs for a Feindflug (operational sortie) to Dieppe in France, against Operation Jubilee.
Probably the machine had mechanical problems. Around 15:50 the crew was forced to drop its load of sixteen bombs, which were meant to hit the Allied fleet, over Geel. The projectiles fell into a field without causing too much damage. At 16:00 the bomber force-landed at Kasterlee. The four crew members of Unteroffizier Anton Ries were unharmed but the plane was damaged at 60%.
In January 1943, this crew was shot down over England and taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/dornier-do-217-bij-kasterlee
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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=202513
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2020 17:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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