ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 300541
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| Date: | Thursday 5 November 1942 |
| Time: | 14:45 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4374 |
| MSN: | U5+CS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beachborough Park, Newington, Folkestone, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield, the Netherlands |
Takeoff at 13:32 hrs for a Feindflug, target being army encampments at Lydd, Kent.
Hit by Bofors AA, hit trees and broke up; wreckage being spread over Beachborough Park.
The crew rests in Hawkinge cemetery:
Gefreiter Heinrich Kuhlmann
Gefreiter Günther Stresemann
Unteroffizier Karl Knorr
Obergefreiter Viktor Breier
Sources:
GQM (#7); Blitz T&N, page 185; Balke, KG2, II, page 444
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2022 12:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Nov-2022 12:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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