Accident Dornier Do 17 E-3 2041,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50761
 
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Date:Thursday 30 March 1944
Time:15:55 LT
Type:Dornier Do 17 E-3
Owner/operator:4./Fl.G.Z. 2 Luftwaffe
Registration: 2041
MSN: SE+UU
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Twente Airfield, Overijssel -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Twente airfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft was shot down by P-47 Thunderbolts of the 78th Fighter Group USAAF.

In the afternoon, 22 P-47 Thunderbolts of the 78th Fighter Group USAAF bombed and strafed the Luftwaffe airfields of Venlo (Limburg province), Twente (Overijssel province) and Deelen (Gelderland province), the Netherlands.

Crew:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. E. Bautz 53724/8 Luftwaffe - wounded, taken to Lazarett Gronau, a hospital in Gronau, Germany
Bordfunker Uffz. F. Bürk 62693/174 Luftwaffe - buried Ysselsteyn R-9-208; initially buried Enschede 1-84
Hilfsbordwart Ogfr. F. Frister Nr. 6579 Luftwaffe - wounded, taken to Lazarett Gronau, a hospital in Gronau, Germany

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3564A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.ww2.dk/air/misc/ziel2.htm
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/845
LW Losses by Michael Balss

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
28-Mar-2019 14:21 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Mar-2019 15:16 TigerTimon Updated [Source, Narrative]
29-Mar-2019 17:20 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
15-Dec-2019 10:51 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
10-Jun-2022 15:17 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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