Incident Dornier Do 17 Z-7 2317, Tuesday 5 November 1940
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Date:Tuesday 5 November 1940
Time:evening
Type:Dornier Do 17 Z-7
Owner/operator:2./NJG 2 Luftwaffe
Registration: 2317
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Gilze-Rijen airfield
Destination airport:Gilze-Rijen airfield
Narrative:
Feindflug (operational sortie) - intruder operation to England.

The pilot performed a belly-landing (Bauchlandung), the damage was assessed as 8%.
Bordfunker Ofw. P. Rosenberg and Bordmechaniker Uffz. K. Blauh were both injured, presumably from enemy fire.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0047E&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Oct-2020 17:24 TigerTimon Added
16-Jun-2022 05:09 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]

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