ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50567
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| Date: | Friday 21 April 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 M-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 6325 |
| MSN: | U5+AT, gelbe A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen (NL) / Achmer (G) |
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot F/O. Walton of 605 Squadron RAF, who was flying a Mosquito FB Mk VI from RAF Manston, Kent.
The Dornier was on a Feindflug (operational sortie) to Kingston upon Hull, England.
Two crew members bailed out, with minor injuries:
- Beobachter - Gfr. H. Leine
- Bordschütze - Ogfr. B. Schulzki
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3606&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kampfgeschwader/KG2.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._605_Squadron_RAF
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Apr-2019 06:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2019 05:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 22-Apr-2019 05:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2020 15:20 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 05:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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