ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53055
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 November 1941 |
| Time: | 19:10 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab II./KG 40 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0110 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 km E of Hilversum Airfield -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Soesterberg airfield |
The aircraft was totally wrecked (100%) while engaged in a Feindflug (operational sortie). The crew was initially buried at Amsterdam, but was reinterred at Ysselsteyn in Limburg after the war:
Flugzeugführer / Lt. H. Gies 53577/111 Luftwaffe / grave CW-7-153 / 25 years old
Bombenschütze / Ogfr. G. Wiethoff 42/758 Luftwaffe / grave CW-7-152 / 21 years old
Bordfunker / Uffz. W. Dorn 41/809 Luftwaffe / grave CW-6-150 / 23 years old
Bordmechaniker / Gfr. J. Balss 53578/790 Luftwaffe / grave CW-7-151 / 19 years old (family of Michael Balss, author of several books on the Luftwaffe)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1345&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Apr-2020 06:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2022 20:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jun-2023 19:01 | TB | Updated [[Location]] |
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