ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52539
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 September 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4312 |
| MSN: | U5+*K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield |
The aircraft was shot up in a night fighter attack (concerning either a 25 or a 68 Squadron machine), while engaged in an operation to Boston in England.
Beobachter Feldwebel W. Schwericke and Bordschütze Unteroffizier J. Henkel were both injured.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1840&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Balke, KG2, II, page 442
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 July 1942 | 4274 | 2./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 8 July 1944 | 2./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 4 | Van Hogendorpstraat 48, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Sep-2017 16:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2018 10:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage] |
| 11-Dec-2019 17:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-May-2020 14:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 10:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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