ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50183
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 September 1944 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 M-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab/KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 723030 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km S of Deelen Airfield, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Soesterberg airfield |
| Münster-Handorf airfield, Germany |
The aircraft was shot down by P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft of the 353rd Fighter Group USAAF, while on a Verlegungsflug (transfer flight). The German military fled Soesterberg airfield on what later would be called Dolle Dinsdag (Mad Tuesday).
Those who perished were initially buried at Arnhem:
Flugzeugführer Oblt. U. Frenzel / wounded
2. Flugzeugführer Ofw. A. Morg / Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg)
Beobachter Uffz. K.K. Kegel / wounded
Bordfunker Uffz. E. Hoyos / missing in action
- Uffz. R. Paul / Ysselsteyn cemetery
Waffenoberfeldwebel Stfw. W. Schönermark / Ysselsteyn cemetery
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3984&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Luftwaffe Airfields 1935-45
Germany (1937 Borders)
By Henry L. deZeng IV
Balke, KG2, II, s.498
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolle_Dinsdag
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Jul-2019 16:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 19:39 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 06-May-2021 19:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2021 19:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 07-May-2021 07:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2021 17:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, Source] |
| 16-Jun-2022 02:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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