ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223762
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| Date: | Thursday 10 April 1941 |
| Time: | 03:30 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | G9+*M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | GCI-box Herring, near Medemblik, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bergen airfield (NL) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Berlin, Bremen-Vegesack and Emden, Germany.
As night fighter pilot Feldwebel Ney was turning in to engage his opponent, 99 Squadron Wellington T2739, his Messerschmitt was hit by defensive fire, which knocked out the port engine. On the ground, the damage was assessed as 20%.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Feldwebel S.W. Ney 53583/8 Luftwaffe - survived
Bordfunker - Unteroffizier G. Pautz Luftwaffe - survived
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0091A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 February 1941 | 5./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Bergen Airfield, Noord-Holland | |
sub | |
| 18 December 1944 | 140044 | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Essen-Mülheim airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2019 09:19 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Apr-2019 09:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Feb-2020 08:54 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 23:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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