ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230402
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| Date: | Thursday 12 February 1942 |
| Time: | 07:00 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5334 |
| MSN: | U5+IR, weisse I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Southwood Farm, Exeter, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Schiphol airfield, the Netherlands |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this morning, the Luftwaffe raided RAF Exeter airfield.
The aircraft was hit by AAA and crashed.
The four crew members did not survive:
(FF) Unteroffizier Rolf Güldenpfennig
(B) Unteroffizier Gustav Sommer
(Bf) Feldwebel Hermann Drame
(Bm) Gefreiter Rudolf Baron
Sources:
GQM (#5); Blitz T&N, s.97; Balke, KG2, II, s.427
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kampfgeschwader/KG2.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 July 1942 | 5427 | 7./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 4 | North Sea 10 miles north-northwest of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2019 20:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Nov-2019 20:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 09-Dec-2019 16:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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