ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52960
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| Date: | Friday 13 March 1942 |
| Time: | 22:15 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4310 |
| MSN: | G9+DL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Herpt Heusden, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On the night of 13-14 March, RAF Bomber Command raided Köln in Germany.
The Messerschmitt collided with 103 Squadron Wellington DV612, while trying to intercept it. The Bf 110 hit the tail of the Wellington, sheering off half of its vertical stabiliser, and was seen to catch fire.
The Luftwaffe crew bailed out, the RAF bomber limping back to RAF Elsham Wolds in England. Oberleutnant L. Schmitz probably struck the tail unit while bailing out and was killed. Bordfunker (radio operator) Obergefreiter W. Vonjahr landed injured.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1438&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg1.html
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1438
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Mar-2017 07:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2019 07:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2020 09:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2020 09:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Jun-2022 06:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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