ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53326
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| Date: | Monday 7 July 1941 |
| Time: | 03:45 LT |
| Type: | Dornier Do 215 B-5 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0046 |
| MSN: | G9+OM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee 15 km E of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden airfield (NL) |
The aircraft, flown by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf, was hit by accurate return fire from 40 Squadron Wellington N2843. This resulted in a double engine failure and he was forced to put the aircraft down in a rough belly-landing. The Dornier was completely wrecked (100%).
The crew of three was slightly wounded and rescued, but the Wellington crew was not so fortunate.
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Brest (France), Münster and Dortmund (Germany).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1091&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jul-2019 08:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2020 16:37 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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