ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223942
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| Date: | Friday 7 August 1942 |
| Time: | 23:05 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5455 |
| MSN: | U5+DR, weisse D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Shire Wood' woods at Revesby, Boston, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
Takeoff for a Feindflug (operational sortie) to Nottingham (Nottinghamshire, England) (7./8.8.1942).
The aircraft was shot down by a 68 Squadron RAF Beaufighter, flown by pilot F/Lt P.H. Clever & radio operator Nairn.
All four crew members bailed out and were taken prisoner of war:
Flugzeugführer - Oberleutnant Rudolf Graf von Thun-Hohenstein - Staffelkapitän 7./KG 2
Beobachter - Unteroffizier Horst Armscheld
Bordfunker - Unteroffizier Paul Bremer
Bordmechaniker Feldwebel Helmut Kunze
Sources:
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Hohenstein
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2019 17:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Mar-2020 09:45 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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