ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195778
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:00 approx |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Erg.St./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 360184 |
| MSN: | R4+RR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 10 km north of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Köln in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by return fire from a bomber, two of the crew parachuting to safety. Bordmechaniker (flight engineer) Gefreiter G. Methfessel went down with the machine. He was taken from the wreck and buried at Zuylen cemetery in Breda. Today he rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1550A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
NVM (NJG2_IV_017) via Michael Balss / MV, page 74
WASt-Gräberkarte
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2017 12:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-May-2017 19:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities] |
| 11-Dec-2019 19:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Apr-2020 13:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2022 14:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
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