ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52903
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 April 1942 |
| Time: | 16:30 approx |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./KG 40 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5368 |
| MSN: | F8+AP |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | W of the Meentweg at Eemnes, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Soesterberg airfield |
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, while engaged in a test flight. Sabotage may have played a role here. The observer and flight engineer were both buried at Amsterdam:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. H. Feller 53576/126b Luftwaffe / succumbed to his injuries 21 January 1943 in Frankfurt, Germany
Beobachter Fw. H. Kiesler 62515/4a Luftwaffe / Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave CW-5-107
Bordfunker Gfr. K. Reissenweber 53576/1273 / survived
Bordmechaniker Gfr. K. Witschel 71/763 Luftwaffe / Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave CW-5-106
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1491&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Apr-2017 19:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2019 21:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2020 14:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 04:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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