ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277114
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| Date: | Sunday 15 February 1942 |
| Time: | 20:06 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | III./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea four miles east of Blyth (Northumberland, England) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Schiphol airfield, the Netherlands |
| Feindflug - Newcastle |
The local Observer Corps and staff at St Mary's lighthouse, north of Whitley Bay reported that an aircraft had crashed into the sea four miles east of Blyth at 20:06 hrs.
This Dornier had been intercepted and, at 19:50 hrs, damaged by a Beaufighter of 141 Squadron RAF (Benson & Brandon).
That evening, two Dorniers of III./KG 2 failed to return. They were U5+NT of the 9. Staffel and U5+BD of the Stabsstaffel.
The eight crew members are still missing in action:
- U5+NT
(FF) Uffz. Aster, Emil
(B) Uffz. Neumann, Arnold
(Bf) Gefr. Lehmann, Hans
(Bm) Uffz. Thomas, Karl
- U5+BD
(FF) Lt. Pellar, Konrad
(B; Kommandeur) Major Klostermann, Gerhard
(Bf) Fw. Göggerle, Hans
(Bm) Uffz. Uhl, Josef
Sources:
GQM (#5); Balke, KG2, II, page 427
Dornier Do 217 units of World War 2 by Chris Goss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Apr-2022 13:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
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