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| Date: | Thursday 17 August 1944 |
| Time: | 02:28 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 440141 |
| MSN: | D5+BK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Nymindegab, Nørre Nebel, Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Schleswig airfield, Germany |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Stettin (Pommern) and Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein).
The Messerschmitt was picked up on radar by Mosquito HR213 coded TW-G of RAF 141 Squadron (flown by W/O E. A. Lampkin and Flt. Sgt. B. J. Wallnutt) and shot down in
The dead body of Obergefreiter Otto Romahn was found washed ashore on 22/8 and was laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on 24/8 1944.
Unteroffizier Josef Armsdorfer and Gefreiter Erich Wilhelm Warnken has no known graves.
Sources:
"Airwar Denmark" - http://www.flensted.eu.com/g1944110.shtml
NVM (NJG3_II_034; Balss, MV, page 348;
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2021 13:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
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