ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50196
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| Date: | Sunday 3 September 1944 |
| Time: | 17:15 LT |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217K/M |
| Owner/operator: | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4207 |
| MSN: | U5+ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
On this afternoon, the RAF raided Gilze-Rijen airfield with approximately one hundred Halifax and Lancaster bombers, followed by Spitfires in strafing attack.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3969&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 February 1942 | 5348 | 9./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland | |
sub |
| 2 August 1942 | 5502 | II./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
sub |
| 22 February 1944 | III./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| 11 August 1944 | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 4 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 11 August 1944 | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 4 | Aalstraat, Gilze, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 20 August 1944 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | ||
| 4 September 1944 | I./KG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Jul-2019 09:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2020 09:56 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 05:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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