ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198544
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 August 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5461 |
| MSN: | U5+QN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | northwest of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eindhoven airfield, the Netherlands |
Feindflug - operational sortie to Dieppe in France, against Operation Jubilee.
Absturz infolge Feindbeschuss (crash as a result of enemy fire).
Two of the crew managed to escape by parachute:
Flugzeugführer / Lt. Ernst Andres / survived
Beobachter / Gfr. Harry Gohr / Beauvais military cemetery in Oise; grave 3-10-418
Bordfunker / Uffz. Werner Baumgart / Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg, the Netherlands; grave BF-3-72 / washed up near Haamstede in Zeeland
Bordmechaniker / Uffz. Vitus Deubler / prisoner of war
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1780B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
GQM (#6-10); GQM (09.09.42 Ber. "w" / 08.10.42 Ber. "x"); Balke, KG2, II, page 438
Google Maps
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=58437
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2017 19:53 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Dec-2019 09:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-May-2020 14:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2020 19:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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