Deelen AFB

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U5+GT

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Deelen - Deelen

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5423

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1942

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The airplane departed Deelen Airfield on an operation to Dieppe (against Operation Jubilee). Over the target area, it was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea off Dieppe, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Fw Georg Grauer, pilot,
Uffz Kurt Konkat, observer,
Uffz Alfons Iger, radio operator,
Gefr Horst Buchholz, mechanic.

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Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 off Dieppe: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1942

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U5+KT

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Deelen - Deelen

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5447

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1942

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Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 off Dieppe: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1942

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U5+ER

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Deelen - Deelen

MSN:

5457

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1942

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Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1942

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U5+DT

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Deelen - Deelen

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4263

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1941

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The airplane departed Deelen Airfield on an operation to Derby. It was probably shot down by a British fighter and crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Lt E. Wolf, pilot,
Fw H. Grundmann, observer,
Uffz H. Feigenbutz, radio operator,
Uffz F. Holzhausen, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Dornier Do.217E-4 in Revesby

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1942 at 2305 LT

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U5+DR

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Deelen - Deelen

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5455

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1942

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The airplane departed Deelen AFB on an operation to Nottingham. Over England, it was shot down by a British fighter and crashed in Revesby. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Oblt Rudolf Graf von Thun-Hohenstein, pilot,
Uffz Horst Armscheld, observer,
Uffz Paul Bremer, radio operator,
Fw Helmut Kunze, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Glatton: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1942 at 0100 LT

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U5+ET

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Plain, Valley

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Deelen - Deelen

MSN:

5470

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1942

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The airplane departed Deelen AFB on an operation to the Vickers & Dunlop factories in Birmingham. It was shot by the British antiaircraft fire and crashed in Glatton, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Fw Karl Laub, pilot,
Fw Hermann Werner, observer,
Fw Karl-August Güssefeld, radio operator,
Uffz Hermann Hammelmann, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 off Aldeburgh: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1942

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U5+IR

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Deelen - Deelen

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5427

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1942

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The airplane departed Deelen AFB on an operation to the Vickers & Dunlop factories in Birmingham. Approaching the British coast, it was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the North Sea few km offshore. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Gustav Dittrich, pilot,
Fw Heinrich Kleylein, observer,
Gefr Franz Szelinski, radio operator,
Uffz Kurt Puhl, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1942

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U5+FR

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Deelen - Deelen

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4271

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1941

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The airplane departed Deelen AFB on an operation to Bedford, UK. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpt Karl-Heinz Marten, pilot,
Obfw Werner Starker, observer,
Obfw Siegfried Schwickart, radio operator,
Obfw Wilhelm Lutz, mechanic.

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Maybe shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 off Orford Ness: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1942

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U5+DS

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