ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51161
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Date: | Saturday 4 December 1943 |
Time: | 15:00 LT |
Type: | Dornier Do 217 M-1 |
Owner/operator: | 3./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 56122 |
MSN: | U5+IL |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 4 km SE of Best, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Eindhoven airfield (NL) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by a Hawker Typhoon of No. 198 Squadron RAF.
A formation of fifteen Do 217s was surprised during a non-operational flight 'in Pulkform' by eight Typhoons of No. 198 Squadron RAF and six Typhoons of No. 609 Squadron RAF in the vicinity of Eindhoven.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. R. König Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn AA-3-62
Beobachter Gfr. G. Dressler Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn AA-3-63
Bordfunker Uffz. Schulz Luftwaffe Survived
Bordschütze Ogfr. K. Spieker Luftwaffe Survived Wounded
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3178&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Dec-2018 14:31 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Mar-2020 10:33 |
DB |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
08-May-2021 08:17 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Location, Source] |
22-Jun-2022 16:51 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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