ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51487
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| Date: | Monday 16 August 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 M-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 722753 |
| MSN: | U5+LR, weisse L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands |
| Feindflug (operational sortie) - Portsmouth, England |
Probably fell foul of a Mosquito night fighter. All four are missing in action:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. W. Kayser
Beobachter Uffz. G. Lange
Bordfunker Uffz. W. Runge
Bordschütze Gfr. J. Zaus
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2789B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
GQM (#11-20); Balke, KG2, II, page 462
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Aug-2018 21:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 07-Aug-2018 21:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 11-Dec-2019 16:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2021 19:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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