ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267795
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| Date: | Thursday 11 November 1943 |
| Time: | 15:25 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 M-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 56135 |
| MSN: | U5+LT, gelbe T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Champsecret, Orne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands |
| Vannes airfield, Morbihan département |
While engaged in a relocation flight (Verlegungsflug), the aircraft was intercepted by two Mustang Mk I fighter aircraft of 231 Squadron RAF which had both taken off from RAF Redhill at 14:38 hrs for a "Rhubarb" mission to the Argentan - Coutance area.
The crew could all bail out from 150 meters and survived wounded.
Sources:
231 Squadron combat report and GQM (#12-23) file; Balke, KG2, II, page 470 (via Michael Balss)
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/231_wwII.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Sep-2021 08:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
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