ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236160
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 August 1942 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5459 |
| MSN: | U5+GP |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel 40 km NNW of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eindhoven airfield, the Netherlands |
Takeoff at 11:54 LT for a Feindflug - operational sortie to Dieppe in France, against Operation Jubilee.
The aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed into the sea. The crew bailed out. Walter Klein is MIA. Wilhelm Fritsch was killed. His body washed up near Berck-sur-Mer. The other two crew members, Hugo Lemser and Siefried Schiroky survived the crash and were wounded.
Sources:
GQM (#6-10); GQM (31.08.42 Ber. "d" / 17.09.42 Ber. "d" / 28.09.42 Ber. "b"); Balke, KG2, II, page 439; VDK
Google Maps
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=302987#post302987
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=59505
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2020 18:15 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-May-2020 18:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 01-Mar-2021 15:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2021 15:23 | gerard57 | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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