ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50447
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 140032 |
| MSN: | G9+CR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Spannum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden airfield (takeoff by midnight) |
Feindflug (operational sortie), to combat the RAF Bomber Command Bourg-Leopold (Belgium) and Aachen (Germany) raids.
The aircraft was shot down by Flying Officer Bailey of 239 Squadron RAF, who was flying Mosquito NF.II HJ714 from RAF West Raynham, Norfolk. In turn, the Mosquito was damaged by debris from the Messerschmitt causing the RAF crew to evacuate the aircraft 15 minutes later.
Flugzeugführer / Uffz. J. Tank / wounded
Bordfunker / Uffz. G. Schröder / Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave AR-1-10 / initially buried Leeuwarden, Friesland
Bordschütze / Uffz. H. Elwers / Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave AR-1-9 / initially buried Leeuwarden
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3737&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | 2643 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | Twente Airfield, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | 4862 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Ahle, Heek, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | 140220 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 3 | North Sea off Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Oct-2020 14:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2023 19:57 | Haintje Kuipers | Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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