ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236170
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 August 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5477 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Merville airfield in the département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield, the Netherlands |
Feindflug - operational sortie to Dieppe in the Seine-Maritime département, against Operation Jubilee.
The pilot performed a belly-landing with battle damage caused in aerial combat with 310 (Czech) Squadron Spitfires. Bordmechaniker (flight engineer) Obergefreiter Fritz Brückner was mortally injured.
A whopping 100 bullet strikes were counted and the damage was assessed as 50%.
Sources:
GQM (#6-10); Balke, KG2, II, page 438; VDK
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2020 19:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
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