ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53504
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| Date: | Saturday 9 November 1940 |
| Time: | 11:10 LT |
| Type: | Dornier Do 17 Z-7 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2817 |
| MSN: | R4+HK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield |
| Gilze-Rijen airfield |
Feindflug (operational sortie) - intruder operation to England.
Off Skegness, the aircraft was shot up by two 151 Squadron Hurricanes and limped back to Gilze-Rijen with two injured crew members.
The pilot, Ofw. Herbert Schmid recorded in his Flugbuch: “2555th flight, Schmid + 2, Do17 Z R4 HK, Nachtjagd, Gilze-Rijen 9.11. 06.50, Gilze-Rijen 9.11. 11.10, 260 (mins), 1300 (kms), 24th Einsatz E(ngland), enemy contact, belly landing”.
The damage was assessed at 10%.
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=55912&highlight=17+Gilze
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0897&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Oct-2020 17:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2020 17:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 05:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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