ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193124
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 January 1943 |
| Time: | 11:38 |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217J |
| Owner/operator: | IV./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 1378 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Grünentaler Hochbrücke, W of Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
During a ferry flight the Do 217J Wnr 1378 of IV./NJG 3 was shot down in error west of Neumünster by German Flak at 1138 hrs when he flew over the Grünentaler Hochbrücke, one of the main bridges of the Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal linking the North Sea to the Baltic. There was no survivor.
Crew (all killed):
Lt Kurt Arndt (pilot)
Uffz Horst Temmel
Uffz Hans Petzgall
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120320130812/http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/luftwaffe1.html
"Deutsche Nachtjagd Personalverluste in Ausbildung und Einsatz - fliegendes Personal -", by Michael Balss
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnentaler_Hochbr%C3%BCcke
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=54.124777&lon=9.327178&z=10&m=b
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jan-2017 19:05 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 17-Nov-2018 20:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 05-Feb-2020 09:47 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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