ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174673
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Date: | Thursday 14 November 1940 |
Time: | 22:00 |
Type: | Dornier Do 17Z |
Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Prestwold Hall, Loughborough, Coventry -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by anti-aircraft fire during a bombing raid on Coventry, UK.
The four crew members on board - Karl Dilthey, Oswald Preiss, Gunter Kuhne and Wilhelm Wellenbrock - all perished in the crash.
They were later buried with full military honours.
Sources:
https://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/someone-iron-cross-dead-wwii-8870657 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Mar-2015 11:53 |
gerard57 |
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