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| Date: | Thursday 15 August 1940 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 D-1/R1 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./ZG 76 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | M8+?L |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | hit east of Durham; crash landing at Jever airfield, Germany -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Stavanger-Forus airfield (N) |
3/I./ZG 76. Flown by Obfw Linke .In escort for He 111 of KG 26 in raid against Disforth and Linton-On-Ouse, bases of the Bomber Command. Intercepted and damaged in combat by Spitfire or Hurricane. Managed to cross the North Sea with one engine and crash landed two hours later at Jever. The damage was assessed at 50%.
One of the two I./ZG 76 Bf 110s that returned this day, damaged, to base.
Sources:
http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0026.html
Deutsche Luftwaffe Verluste nach Flugzeugtypen Teil 3 by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jun-2015 05:28 | Daniel Nole | Added |
| 25-Jun-2015 09:05 | Daniel Nole | Updated [Registration, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Sep-2015 07:59 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Nov-2018 19:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jan-2020 11:21 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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