ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 292428
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 September 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-194G |
| Owner/operator: | Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij - KLM |
| Registration: | PH-ASM |
| MSN: | 2142 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 120 km NW Helgoland, North Sea -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bulltofta - ESMM |
| Shiphol - EHAM |
Named "Mees". A Dutch KLM flying in a scheduled flight between Malmö, Sweden and Amsterdam in the Netherlands (both neutral countries in WW II) was fired upon by a German fighter. A Swedish passenger, Gustav Lamm was killed. The aircraft was hit by 65 bullets but it could land safely at Shiphol.
After this incident, all KLM aircraft was painted yellow with "HOLLAND" in capital letters on the fuselage.
Sources:
http://runeberg.org/tektid/1939a/0496.html
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beschieting_van_de_Mees
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 1944 | D-ATJG | Deutsche Lufthansa |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2022 18:32 | Masen63 | Added |
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