ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50508
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| Date: | Saturday 13 May 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 750922 |
| MSN: | D5+ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hoogcruts, Noorbeek, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided the railway yards at Louvain (Leuven) and Hasselt, both in Belgium.
This night fighter was shot down by a 239 Squadron Mosquito NF Mk II (registration W4092), based at RAF West Raynham in England.
The gunner survived, wounded:
Flugzeugführer / Uffz. J. Polzer / Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave BZ-9-210
Beobachter / Ogfr. H. Klünder / Gemeinde Friedhof Eldena cemetery/Kreis Ludwigslust (Germany)
Bordschütze / Gfr. H. Becker / wounded
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3667&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/239_wwII.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1944 | 710455 | 4./NJG 3 Luftwaffe | 2 | Arendonk, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
| 14 January 1945 | 620948 | 5./NJG 3 Luftwaffe | 4 | Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Aug-2020 11:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2020 11:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2020 12:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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