ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50477
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 May 1944 |
| Time: | 00:00 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 720050 |
| MSN: | D5+?? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoogeveen, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vechta airfield, Germany |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Braunschweig & Dortmund, both in Germany. The aircraft was ordered to scramble at 23:29 hrs.
The aircraft was intercepted by Wing Commander Bromley of 169 Squadron RAF, who was flying a Mosquito NF.II from RAF Little Snoring in England. The Luftwaffe crew evacuated the aircraft:
Flugzeugführer / Fw. F. Müllebner
Bordfunker / Gfr. K. Rademacher
Bordschütze / Uffz. A. Josten / slightly injured
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3704&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
NVM (NJG3_II_021); Balss, MV, page 330
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/169_wwII.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 April 1942 | 2489 | III./NJG 3 Luftwaffe | 0 | Venlo Airfield, Limburg | |
sub |
| 15 July 1944 | 740145 | 3./NJG 3 Luftwaffe | 0 | 5 km north of Koewacht, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Aug-2020 18:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2020 18:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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