ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50841
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 February 1944 |
| Time: | 12:50 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 188 E-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 260315 |
| MSN: | U5+GM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km from Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Coulommiers airfield, France |
| Eindhoven airfield |
On 23 February 1944 the Ju 188 E-1 WNr 260315 U5+GM of 5./KG 2 took off from Coulommiers, near Paris, for a transfer flight to Eindhoven airfield, Netherlands. The bomber was destroyed in a crash near Eindhoven due to engine failure, and the entire crew was wounded, including the Gruppenkommandeur of II./KG 2, Major Heinz Engel, who was flying aboard as the observer. The radio operator died from his injuries the same day.
Crew:
Lt Erich Höhne (pilot) WIFA
Major Heinz Engel (observer, Gruppenkommandeur) WIFA
Uffz Werner Beck (radio operator) WIFA, DOW
Uffz Herbert Wolf (air gunner) WIFA
Sources:
“Der Luftkrieg in Europa: die operativen Einsätze des Kampfgeschwaders 2 im Zweiten Weltkrieg”, by Ulf Blake. ISBN 3-7637-5882-8
http://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/brochures/2008/04/08/verliesregister-1944/verliesregister-1944.pdf
http://www.volksbund.de/index.php?id=1775&tx_igverlustsuche_pi2[gid]=eaf942c55758ba0a693324e623554e6a
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eindhoven
http://www.maplandia.com/netherlands/noord-brabant/eindhoven/
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=260315&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Feb-2016 16:10 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2019 16:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 11-Dec-2019 11:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2021 14:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Jun-2022 00:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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