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Aviation History Timeline : 17th May
DAY	MONTH	YEAR	DETAILS
17	May	1940	Battle K7700 , RH-?, - Abandoned at Berry-au-Bac during the fall of France.
17	May	1940	Battle K9366 , WT-?, - Abandoned at Berry-au-Bac during the fall of France.
17	May	1940	Battle L5243 , RH-?, - Abandoned at Mourmelon during the fall of France.
17	May	1940	Battle L5440 , WT-?, - Abandoned at Berry-au-Bac during the fall of France.
17	May	1940	Blenheim L8830 Mk.IV , UX-T, - Abandoned after flak damage. Flying Officer R J McConnell taken prisoner, Sergeant S J Fulbrook evaded capture, LAC H Humphreys taken prisoner.
17	May	1940	Blenheim P4838 Mk.IV , UX-R, - Lost. Flying Officer A M Gofton killed, Sergeant F S Miller killed, Corporal T H Cummins killed.
17	May	1940	Blenheim P4854 Mk.IV , UX-F, - Lost. Pilot Officer K S Toft taken prisoner, Sergeant A G B Crouch killed, LAC R Morris killed.
17	May	1940	Feldwebel Erich Rudorffer of JG 2 shot down a LeO 451
17	May	1940	Feldwebel Franz Hessel of JG 3 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Feldwebel Georg Anthony of ZG 76 shot down a Morane
17	May	1940	Feldwebel Georg Anthony of ZG 76 shot down a Morane
17	May	1940	Feldwebel Gerhard Jentzsch of LG 1 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1940	Feldwebel Gustav Küll of JG 20 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Feldwebel Günther Keil of JG 2 shot down a LeO 451
17	May	1940	Feldwebel Wilhelm Hermes of JG 2 shot down a LeO 451
17	May	1940	General der Flieger Hugo Sperrle of Luftflotte 3 was awarded the Knight's Cross
17	May	1940	Generalmajor Dipl.-Ing. Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen of VIII. Fliegerkorps was awarded the Knight's Cross
17	May	1940	Hauptmann Erich Groth of ZG 76 shot down a Hawk-75A
17	May	1940	Hauptmann Erich Groth of ZG 76 shot down a Hawk-75A
17	May	1940	Hauptmann Wilhelm Balthasar of JG 1 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Hauptmann Wolfgang Schellmann of JG 2 shot down a Lysander
17	May	1940	Leutnant Erwin-Günter Mann of JG 1 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Leutnant Fritz Stendel of JG 20 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Leutnant Gerhard Sprenger of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Leutnant Gerhard Sprenger of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Leutnant Gerhard Sprenger of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Leutnant Gerhard Sprenger of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Leutnant Gottfried Schlitzer of JG 20 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Leutnant Gustav Sprick of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
17	May	1940	Leutnant Heinz Ebeling of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
17	May	1940	Leutnant Heinz Hoffmann of JG 2 shot down a LeO 451
17	May	1940	Leutnant Heinz Schnabel of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Leutnant Heinz Schnabel of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Leutnant Heinz Schnabel of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Leutnant Hermann Ripke of JG 26 shot down a Morane 406
17	May	1940	Leutnant Karl Haberland of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Leutnant Karl Haberland of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Leutnant Karl Haberland of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Leutnant Ludwig Franzisket of JG 1 shot down a Potez-63
17	May	1940	Leutnant Max Bucholz of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Leutnant Walter Borchers of ZG 76 shot down a Morane
17	May	1940	Leutnant Wolfgang Kosse of JG 26 shot down a Lysander
17	May	1940	Oberfeldwebel Arthur Dau of JG 20 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Oberfeldwebel Arthur Dau of JG 20 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Oberfeldwebel Max Bucholz of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Oberfeldwebel Max Bucholz of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Oberfeldwebel Max Bucholz of JG 3 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1940	Oberfeldwebel Max Bucholz of JG 3 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Oberfeldwebel Max Bucholz of JG 3 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Oberleutnant Hermann Weeber of ZG 76 shot down a Hawk-75A
17	May	1940	Oberleutnant Lothar Keller of JG 3 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Oberleutnant Lothar Keller of JG 3 shot down a Curtiss
17	May	1940	Oberleutnant Wilhelm Hobein of ZG 76 shot down an Amiot 341
17	May	1940	Unteroffizier Emil Clade of JG 1 shot down a Morane
17	May	1940	Unteroffizier Helmut Jörke of ZG 76 shot down a Hawk-75A
17	May	1940	Unteroffizier Helmut Jörke of ZG 76 shot down a Hawk-75A
17	May	1941	Former British Battle of Britain pilot, Sgt. J. T. Dunmore of 222 Squadron, was Killed.
17	May	1941	Hauptmann Heinz Bretnütz of JG 53 shot down a Hurricane
17	May	1941	Major Wilhelm Balthasar of JG 2 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1941	Unteroffizier Alfred Seidl of JG 53 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Feldwebel Adolf Glunz of JG 26 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Feldwebel Erich Beulich of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Feldwebel Erich Beulich of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Feldwebel Fritz Schütze of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Feldwebel Fritz Schütze of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Feldwebel Georg Ludwig of JG 77 shot down an I-15
17	May	1942	Feldwebel Harro Schlüter of JG 3 shot down a R-5
17	May	1942	Feldwebel Karl-Heinz Willius of JG 26 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Feldwebel Leo Suschko of JG 3 shot down a
17	May	1942	Former British Battle of Britain pilot, Sgt. J. Phillip of 25 Squadron, was Killed.
17	May	1942	Former Czech Battle of Britain pilot, P/O S. Fejfar of 310 Squadron, was Killed.
17	May	1942	Hauptmann Heinz Bär of JG 77 shot down an I-15
17	May	1942	Hauptmann Heinz Bär of JG 77 shot down an I-16 Rata
17	May	1942	Hauptmann Heinz Bär of JG 77 shot down an Il-2
17	May	1942	Hauptmann Joachim Müncheberg of JG 26 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Hauptmann Johannes Seifert of JG 26 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Hauptmann Johannes Steinhoff of JG 52 shot down a MiG-1
17	May	1942	Hauptmann Josef Priller of JG 26 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Leutnant Alfred Humer of JG 3 shot down an I-61
17	May	1942	Leutnant Erhard Richter of JG 1 shot down a Hudson
17	May	1942	Leutnant Fritz Bilfinger of JG 52 shot down a MiG-1
17	May	1942	Leutnant Günther Hannak of JG 77 shot down an I-180
17	May	1942	Leutnant Günther Hannak of JG 77 shot down an I-180
17	May	1942	Leutnant Hans Märklstetter of JG 53 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Leutnant Johann Aistleitner of JG 26 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Leutnant Ludwig Schmidt of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Leutnant Ludwig Schmidt of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Leutnant Paul Schauder of JG 26 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Leutnant Paul-Rudolf Deterra of JG 1 shot down a Hudson
17	May	1942	Leutnant Robert Müller of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Leutnant Robert Müller of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Oberfeldwebel Albert Griener of JG 1 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1942	Oberfeldwebel Herbert Kaiser of JG 77 shot down a MiG-3
17	May	1942	Oberfeldwebel Johann Pichler of JG 77 shot down an I-153
17	May	1942	Oberfeldwebel Josef Wurmheller of JG 2 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Oberfeldwebel Max Schinzel of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Oberfeldwebel Max Schinzel of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Ehrenberger of JG 53 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Philipp of JG 26 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Hartwein of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Hartwein of JG 5 shot down a Hudson
17	May	1942	Oberleutnant Heinz Bohatsch of JG 3 shot down a R-5
17	May	1942	Oberleutnant Julius Meimberg of JG 2 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Oberleutnant Karl Borris of JG 26 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Oberleutnant Kurt Kranefeld of JG 26 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Oberleutnant Rudolf Pflanz of JG 2 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Erich Paczia of JG 53 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Ernst Kaddatz of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Franz Leitner of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Franz Leitner of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Heinz Graüpner of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Heinz Keppler of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Heinz Keppler of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Heinz Stöwer of JG 1 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Hermann Hoes of JG 1 shot down a Blenheim
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Josef Kunz of JG 5 shot down a Hurricane
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Walter Hinsdorf of JG 5 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1942	Unteroffizier Werner Schramm of JG 1 shot down a Beaufort
17	May	1943	Staffelabschuss of KG 40 shot down a Sunderland
17	May	1943	n.n of ZG 1 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Feldwebel Heinrich Sterr of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-5
17	May	1943	Feldwebel Herbert Glassl of JG 2 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Feldwebel Karl-Heinz Munsche of JG 2 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Feldwebel Kurt Niedereicholz of JG 1 shot down a B-26
17	May	1943	Feldwebel Martin Brendel of JG 2 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Feldwebel Paul Bleyer of JG 2 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Feldwebel Wilhelm Kopp of JG 2 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Hauptmann Hans Morr of KG 40 shot down a Sunderland
17	May	1943	Hauptmann Kurt Bühligen of JG 2 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1943	Leutnant Achim von Berg of JG 2 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Leutnant Albrecht Bellstedt of ZG 1 shot down a Whitley
17	May	1943	Leutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Schmidt of JG 3 shot down a LaGG-3
17	May	1943	Leutnant Hans-Ulrich Tartsch of JG 2 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Leutnant Josef Wurmheller of JG 2 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Leutnant Siegfried Lemke of JG 2 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Oberfeldwebel Becker of JG 2 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Oberfeldwebel Ernst Winkler of JG 1 shot down a B-26
17	May	1943	Oberfeldwebel Hans Oeckler of JG 2 shot down a B-17
17	May	1943	Oberfeldwebel Herbert Gumprecht of JG 2 shot down a Typhoon
17	May	1943	Oberfeldwebel Kurt Goltzsch of JG 2 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1943	Oberleutnant Gustav Frielinghaus of JG 3 shot down a LaGG
17	May	1943	Oberleutnant Gustav Frielinghaus of JG 3 shot down a LaGG
17	May	1943	Oberleutnant Gustav Frielinghaus of JG 3 shot down a LaGG
17	May	1943	Oberleutnant Herbert Huppertz of JG 2 shot down a Spitfire
17	May	1944	Feldwebel Helmut Konter of NJG 100 shot down an Il-4
17	May	1944	Former British Battle of Britain pilot, Sgt. N. V. Glew of 72 Squadron, was Killed.
17	May	1944	Hauptmann Siegfried Simsch * of JG 11 shot down a Mustang
17	May	1944	Hauptmann Walter Hoeckner of JG 4 shot down a P-47
17	May	1944	Leutnant Weißflog of JG 5 shot down a La-5
17	May	1944	Leutnant Franz Schall of JG 52 shot down an Il-2mH.
17	May	1944	Leutnant Günther Stark of JG 4 shot down a P-47
17	May	1944	Leutnant Walter Wolfrum of JG 52 shot down a Jak-9
17	May	1944	Leutnant Walter Wolfrum of JG 52 shot down a Jak-9
17	May	1944	Oberfeldwebel Gustav Weippert of NAGr. 4 shot down a R-5
17	May	1944	Oberfeldwebel Walter Jahnke of JG 52 shot down an Il-2mH.
17	May	1944	Oberfeldwebel Walter Jahnke of JG 52 shot down an Il-2mH.
17	May	1944	Oberleutnant Rudolf Hofmann of JG 54 shot down an Il-2
17	May	1944	Oberleutnant Sigurd Haala of JG 54 shot down an Il-2
17	May	1944	Oberleutnant Theodor Weissenberger of JG 5 shot down a Jak-9
17	May	1944	Oberleutnant Theodor Weissenberger of JG 5 shot down a Jak-9
17	May	1944	Oberleutnant Theodor Weissenberger of JG 5 shot down a Jak-9
17	May	1944	Oberleutnant Theodor Weissenberger of JG 5 shot down a LaGG-5
17	May	1944	Unteroffizier Erhardt Mecke of JG 5 shot down a La-5
17	May	1944	Unteroffizier Erhardt Mecke of JG 5 shot down a La-5
17	May	1944	Unteroffizier Gerhard Zschäbitz of JG 52 shot down an Il-2mH.
17	May	1944	Unteroffizier Siegfried Rudschinat of JG 11 shot down a Mustang
17	May	2003	Gerhard Schöpfel, a WW2 Ace with 45.00 victories, died on this day
17	May	2003	Knight's Cross recipient Gerhard Schöpfel of III./Jagdgeschwader 26 died on this day
17	May	2003	Major Gerhard Schopfel, a pilot or airman who has signed some of our artwork, died on this day
17	May	2007	Air Marshal Sir John Nicholls KCB CBE DFC AFC, a pilot or airman who has signed some of our artwork, died on this day
17	May	2009	Adolf Dickfeld, a WW2 Ace with 136.00 victories, died on this day
17	May	2009	Adolf Dickfeld, a pilot or airman who has signed some of our artwork, died on this day
17	May	2009	Edwin A Janski, a pilot or airman who has signed some of our artwork, died on this day
17	May	2009	Knight's Cross recipient Adolf Dickfeld of 7./Jagdgeschwader 52 died on this day

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