ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161239
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| Date: | Monday 8 March 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5526 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Reeks Wood, Van Common, Fernhurst, Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
This aircraft was shot down in flames by S/L Goodman and F/O Thomas in a Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF of No. 29 Squadron.
Two of the crew managed to bale out successfully.
Call Sign: U5 + EH
Crew:
Flugzeugfuhrer Feldwebel Gunter Vestewig PoW
Beobachter Unteroffizier Gerhard Polzin PoW
Bordfunker Obergefreiter Hans Witkopp KIA
Bordschutze Obergefreiter Franz Huske MIA
Sources:
http://www.fernhurstsociety.org.uk/dornier02.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2013 14:53 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Mar-2018 09:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2019 14:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport] |
| 11-Dec-2019 16:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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