ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166008
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 September 1943 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 K-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4620 |
| MSN: | U5+CM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Out Newton, Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Soesterberg or Münster-Handorf |
Crashed in farmland while trying to lay mines in the Humber estuary.
The Dornier struck the ground at Out Newton, at a shallow angle, during a low-level mine laying mission on the Humber Estuary near Withernsea. They were believed blinded by searchlights. The crew members were all buried in the Hull North Cemetery.
Two British servicemen were also later killed when attempting to make safe the parachute mines the Dornier was carrying.
CREW
Fw.Helmut Rumpff Pilot
Fw. Siegfried Vomweg Observer
Gefr. Arno Ehemann Radio op.
Obgfr. Kurt Stiegler Gunner
ROYAL NAVY bomb disposal team killed
Lieut. Commander Peter Tanner
Able Seaman Percy Fouracre
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://aircrashsites.co.uk/luftwaffe-crash-sites/attachment/052/
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=4620
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 April 1942 | 5305 | 4./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Soesterberg Airfield, Utrecht |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2014 12:56 | gerard57 | Added |
| 20-Sep-2018 09:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2019 19:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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