ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218847
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| Date: | Saturday 4 December 1943 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 M-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 722751 |
| MSN: | U5+LL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | the Rollfeld of Eindhoven airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eindhoven airfield (NL) |
Notlandung infolge Jägerbeschuss (emergency landing due to enemy fighter fire).
A formation of fifteen Do 217s was surprised during a non-operational flight 'in Pulkform' by eight Typhoons of No. 198 Squadron RAF and six Typhoons of No. 609 Squadron RAF in the vicinity of Eindhoven.
Damage: 25%
Flugzeugführer / Hptm. W. Kunze / wounded
Beobachter / Uffz. H. Eckel / wounded
Bordfunker / Ofw. K. Hadan / unhurt
Bordmechaniker - / unhurt
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=R0729
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 February 1943 | 4397 | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Ulicoten, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2018 15:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Dec-2018 15:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 13:42 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 08-May-2021 08:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 01:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Dec-2023 10:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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