ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50547
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| Date: | Thursday 27 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:00 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 720074 |
| MSN: | D5+CL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heeze, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vechta airfield, Germany |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Essen and Schweinfurt in Germany.
The highly experienced pilot, Ritterkreuzträger Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Frank and his crew ended up in the homeward-bound Essen bomber stream. They attacked 12 Squadron Lancaster ND873 but the Messerschmitt in turn was hit by debris from their victim. Fw. Hans-Georg Schierholz (Bordfunker) and Fw. Heinz Schneider (Bordschütze, who had 35 Abschussbeteiligungen in Ofw. Frank’s crew) managed to bale out, the latter with injuries.
The Luftwaffe pilot did not escape and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave Z-6-149.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3630&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Apr-2020 19:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2020 19:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
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