ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51160
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| Date: | Saturday 4 December 1943 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 M-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 56155 |
| MSN: | U5+AL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | east of Best, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eindhoven airfield (NL) |
Shot down by a Hawker Typhoon of No. 198 Squadron RAF.
A formation of fifteen Do 217s was surprised during a non-operational flight 'in Pulkform' by eight Typhoons of No. 198 Squadron RAF and six Typhoons of No. 609 Squadron RAF in the vicinity of Eindhoven.
The crew evacuated the aircraft by parachute:
Flugzeugführer Ofw. K. Jäger Luftwaffe Survived OK
Beobachter Gfr. K-H. Pforr Luftwaffe Survived Wounded
Bordfunker Uffz. W. Seilz Luftwaffe Survived Wounded
Bordschütze Uffz. H. Mueller Luftwaffe Survived Wounded
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3179&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1944 | 326252 | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 4 | behind the house at Locht 44, Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Dec-2018 14:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 13:42 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 08-May-2021 08:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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