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Date: | Saturday 16 November 1940 |
Time: | evening |
Type: | Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4 |
Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 3004 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | over Bremerhaven -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Gütersloh airfield (G) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:During a combat with a 44 Squadron Hampden, the Messerschmitt was hit by return fire. 30 bullet holes and a slightly injured Knacke were the result.
On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Hamburg, Germany.
Damage: 25%
Pilot:
Flugzeugführer Leutnant Reinhold Knacke - injured in his foot
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Deutsche Luftwaffe Verluste nach Flugzeugtypen Teil 3 by Michael Balss
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Nov-2018 09:20 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
26-Jan-2020 16:56 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |