ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50310
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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 1944 |
| Time: | 23:45 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 K/M |
| Owner/operator: | 2./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | U5+*K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Van Hogendorpstraat 48, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
Absturz nach Start (crashed after takeoff).
The Dornier was on a Feindflug (operational sortie) to the Seinebucht (Baie de Seine, Normandie, France).
The crew was initially buried at Tilburg, but now rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery:
Flugzeugführer Fw. F. Rauch 57359/481
Beobachter Ogfr. E. Bischof
Bordfunker Ogfr. W. Lippoldt 57359/469
Bordschütze Ogfr. E. Wiederstein 57359/554
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3863&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baie_de_Seine
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 July 1942 | 4274 | 2./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 16 September 1942 | 4312 | 2./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jul-2019 10:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2020 15:33 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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