ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50870
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1944 |
| Time: | 11:07 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 |
| Owner/operator: | III./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | U5+ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
In the morning, 66 B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group USAAF raided Gilze-Rijen airfield, on which they dropped 317 * 250 lbs and 927 * 100 lbs high-explosive bombs. They were escorted by RAF Spitfires.
Sources:
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3467A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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 |
| 11 August 1944 | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 4 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 11 August 1944 | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 4 | Aalstraat, Gilze, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 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 |
| 20-Feb-2019 17:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 16:20 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 05:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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