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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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