ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51886
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| Date: | Sunday 16 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:20 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./KG 40 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4208 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Groet (Groetincke), Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
The Dornier hit the "Südmast" (southern mast, 100 metres tall) of "sonstige Funkführungsanlage Sonne 5" (long-distance navigation station for Kriegsmarine U-Booten).
The crew was initially buried at Bergen. Today they rest in Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg):
Flugzeugführer / Ofw. J. Gollan
Beobachter / Uffz. W. Schmidt
Bordfunker / Uffz. J. Schneibel
Bordmechaniker / Gfr. H. Balling
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2330A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.geschichtsspuren.de/index.php?option=com_fmdb&Itemid=63&task=2&typ=19&quad=4&id=837
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-May-2018 16:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2018 16:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Dec-2019 18:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Nov-2021 08:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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