ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51584
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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1943 |
| Time: | 02:28 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 M-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 56046 |
| MSN: | U5+KL, gelbe K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | east of Soesterberg, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eindhoven airfield |
| Soesterberg airfield |
Shot down while landing by F/O. Knowles of No. 605 Squadron RAF, flying a de Havilland Mosquito night fighter. Totally wrecked (100%).
The aircraft was on a Feindflug (operational sortie) to Hull, England.
Those who perished were initially buried at Amsterdam. Today they rest in Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg):
Flugzeugführer / Lt. M. Liedert / killed
Beobachter / Gfr. T. Herschung / wounded, 'zur Truppe'
Bordfunker / Uffz. G. Klemke / killed
Bordschütze / Ogfr. L. Alfs / killed
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2713&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Jul-2018 14:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2019 13:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2019 17:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Dec-2019 17:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-May-2021 15:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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