ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280969
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| Date: | Sunday 19 May 1940 |
| Time: | 5:50 |
| Type: | Dornier Do 17 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Montépilloy / Fontaine Chaalis -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Biblis |
Was the head patrol of 21 Do 17 (7 platoons of 3 aircrafts) above Montepilloy. Collided with the Bloch 152 of S/Lt Ruby, destroying his left vertical plane of the left wing tail. The aircraft goes on its back and puts itself in a very wide spin, before crashing. Two crew members managed to leave the plane but only one survive, Gefr. Hans Behnke.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=280960
Sources:
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2402
https://web.archive.org/web/20180818222802/http://www.montleveque.fr/index.php?id=1478
http://www.cieldegloire.fr/gc_1_08.php
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kampfgeschwader/KG2.htm
https://www.picardie-1939-1945.org/phpBB2new/viewtopic.php?t=907
https://www.myheritage.fr/research/collection-10819/france-index-des-deces-militaires-1914-1961?itemId=2211964&action=showRecord
https://www.geneanet.org/cimetieres/view/8042999/persons/
https://www.geneanet.org/cimetieres/view/8043000/persons/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2022 05:55 | LazyFoxFr | Added |
| 15-Feb-2024 12:10 | LazyFoxFr | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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