ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52391
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| Date: | Saturday 9 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4399 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NW of Slochteren, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
In the evening of 9 January 1943 KG 2 dispatched at 18:36 hrs 16 Do 217 to lay mines in the Humber Mouth to disturb the enemy coastal shipping. With good visibility and weak enemy light activity, 15 crews set 7 LMB 1000 and 16 BM 1000 mines as planned in the target area (code L 95 10).
On the way to and from to the target across the North Sea, the German crew escaped four attacking night hunters by skillful defensive movements, so that they were not fired at. Not so lucky was a crew of 9./KG 2 that was fired at and hit on the way to the target by a German Vorpostenboot (patrol boat). The engines were damaged and the pilot did a forced landing at Slochteren, north of Groningen. The Do 217 E-4 WNr 4399 U5+CT was damaged beyond repair (at 80%) and two of its four crew were wounded, one dying the next day (the 10th).
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Ogfr. Müller Luftwaffe Survived
Beobachter Uffz. A. Ehm Luftwaffe Survived Wounded
Bordfunker Ogfr. Bein Luftwaffe Survived
Bordschütze Ogfr. W. Künzer Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn BL-3-52 Dow 10 jan 43 (VdK)
Sources:
“Der Luftkrieg in Europa: die operativen Einsätze des Kampfgeschwaders 2 im Zweiten Weltkrieg”, by Ulf Blake. ISBN 3-7637-5882-8
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=33127
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1979&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slochteren_(gemeente)
http://www.maplandia.com/netherlands/groningen/slochteren/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jan-2017 16:48 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2018 14:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 11:08 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 08:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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