Incident Dornier Do 217 M-1 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50949
 
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Date:Friday 4 February 1944
Time:06:37 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic d217 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Dornier Do 217 M-1
Owner/operator:7./KG 2 Luftwaffe
Registration:
MSN: U5+BR
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL)
Destination airport:Gilze-Rijen airfield
Narrative:
Bruchlandung (crash landing).

On this night, the Luftwaffe launched a second wave on London, as part of Operation Steinbock. This wave took off from 04:25 hrs.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3385&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Steinbock

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
29-Jan-2019 12:29 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
26-Mar-2020 18:58 DG333 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
16-Jun-2022 05:21 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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