ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226999
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| Date: | Monday 8 March 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4355 |
| MSN: | U5+BK, rote B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 12 km N of Octeville -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands |
Mission: Attack on Southampton, Hampshire, England.
Pilot: Feldwebel. Josef Rossmann. 57359/209 – Killed. Born 13.03.1917 in Knittelfeld.
Observer: Unteroffizier. Ernst Hoegner. 57359/50 – Killed. Born 18.12.1918 in Solnhofen/Weissenburg.
Radio/Op: Feldwebel. Erwin Oppermann. 57359/260 – Killed. Born 12.05.1919 in Ruesting/Oldenburg.
Gunner: Unteroffizier. Rudolf Beeger. 57359/222 – Killed. Born 31.05.1918 in Grossenhain/Dresden.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft crashed on return from Southampton – reason obscure.
Burial detail: Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Champigny St.Andre-de-la-Eure, France.
Rudolf Beeger Block 16 Row 3 Grave 121.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless and the late Steve Hall. (2019).
Sources:
Luftwaffe losses aircrewremembrancesociety3.com
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 June 1942 | 5384 | 2./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 4 | Oranjebond estate at Esbeek, Noord-Brabant |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jul-2019 12:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Dec-2019 16:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-May-2021 09:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Source] |
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