ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50252
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| Date: | Friday 11 August 1944 |
| Time: | 04:45 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 M-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | U5+ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
| Gilze-Rijen airfield |
Upon returning from a Feindflug (operational sortie) to Avranches (Manche, Normandie, France), the aircraft collided with another Dornier of the same Staffel. There were no survivors.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. R. Rossel 57358/487 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn KAM-38 - initially buried Tilburg
Beobachter Uffz. M. Poppner 57358/461 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn KAM-38 - initially buried Tilburg
Bordfunker Uffz. H. Böttcher 57358/443 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn KAM-38 - initially buried Tilburg
Bordschütze Gfr. E. Fichtner 57357/304 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn KAM-38 - initially buried Tilburg
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3922&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 February 1942 | 5348 | 9./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland | |
sub |
| 2 August 1942 | 5502 | II./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
sub |
| 22 February 1944 | III./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| 20 August 1944 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | ||
| 3 September 1944 | 6030 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 September 1944 | 5348 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 September 1944 | 4207 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 September 1944 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| 4 September 1944 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jul-2019 18:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2020 15:32 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 05:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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