Dornier DO.17

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F1+BT

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Plain, Valley

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2783

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The bomber was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in a field in Harlow. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt U. Wagner,
Fw R. Grommer,
Fw A. Hans,
Gefr F. Heilig,
Uffz W. Hockendorf.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z near Loughborough: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940 at 2200 LT

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire while on an operation to Coventry and crashed near Loughborough. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Karl Dilthey,
Oswald Preiss,
Gunter Kühne,
Wilhelm Wellenbrock.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 near Willerzell

Date & Time: Nov 13, 1940 at 2248 LT

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U5+DL

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The airplane was returning to its base in France following an operation over South England. It was mistakenly shot down by the German Flak over France and the crew abandoned the aircraft and bailed out. With the automatic pilot system ON, the airplane continued to southeast over Switzerland and eventually crashed due to fuel exhaustion in a wooded area located in Willerzell. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were found alive somewhere in France.
Crew:
Lt Klaus-Jürgen Schmitz +3.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 in Nijmegen

Date & Time: Nov 11, 1940 at 2330 LT

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5K+?M

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Antwerp - Antwerp

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2890

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At night, the airplane ran out of fuel and crash landed near Nijmegen. All three crew members evacuated safely.

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Emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 near Lostwithiel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1940

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7T+KH

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane was engaged in an operation to Liverpool when it crashed in unknown circumstances near Lostwithiel. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Walter Siefert, pilot,
Lt Günter Seelhorst, observer,
Uffz Heinz Winkler, radio operator,
Ogefr Heinz Haseloff, mechanic.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1940

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7T+MK

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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2844

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The airplane was returning to its base following an operation over Liverpool. It is believed that it probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Joachim Ignatius, pilot,
Ogefr Werner Adam, radio operator,
Uffz Herbert Becker, mechanic,
Lt Alfred Schumacher, observer.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-2 in 's-Heer Arendskerke: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1940 at 0250 LT

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5K+GM

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While cruising at night, the airplane encountered icing conditions and crash landed in 's-Heer Arendskerke, bursting into flames. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Lt H. Tholen, pilot, †
Gfr H. Hengvoss, observer, †
Ogfr K. Hyttner, radio operator,
Ogfr M. Güls, air gunner.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17E near Rheinsberg: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1940

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Landing (descent or approach)

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VC+BF

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Military

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Plain, Valley

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2142

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Following an engine failure in flight, the crew attempted an emergency landing when the floatplane crashed near Kampen Lake, north of Rheinsberg. The flight engineer was killed and the pilot was injured.
Crew:
FF Schern, pilot,
Flg Erwin Hielscher, flight engineer. †

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Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-3 near Liverpool

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1940

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