ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234068
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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | 04:35 LT |
| Type: | DFS 230 |
| Owner/operator: | 17./KGzbV 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kanne, Riemst, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Köln-Butzweilerhof airfield (G) |
Whilst flying at a height of some 30 metres, the glider was set alight by a hit in the explosives on board and crashed.
Flugzeugführer / Uffz. B. Seele Luftwaffe / Initially buried Ysselsteyn cemetery in the Netherlands. Reburied Hannover-Ricklingen Apr 1960.
Bordfunker / Gfr. R. Brestrich Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0323A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2020 16:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Mar-2020 16:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Plane category] |
| 17-Mar-2020 13:19 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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