ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223761
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| Date: | Thursday 10 April 1941 |
| Time: | 23:32 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab I./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3266 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | over Neeroeteren, Maaseik, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield, the Netherlands |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Düsseldorf, Germany.
Over Belgium, Hampden X3066 was coned by searchlights and engaged by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 C-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands. In the engagement, the Messerschmitt collided with the Hampden and was substantially damaged (15%). The Luftwaffe pilot managed to bring the aircraft back to base.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Leutnant Hans-Dieter Frank - unscathed
Bordfunker - Unteroffizier Erich Gotter - bailed out, unscathed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0091&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2019 09:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Apr-2019 09:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2019 09:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 08-Apr-2019 10:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 14-Dec-2019 18:22 | nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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