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| Date: | Sunday 3 January 1943 |
| Time: | 20:55 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4745 |
| MSN: | G9+DP |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 km west of Tongeren, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield (B) |
| St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield |
The aircraft crashed while coming in to land, due to technical problems. Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Essen, Germany.
The crew was initially buried at Brustem. Now the crew rests on the German War Cemetery Lommel.
Wolf had one victory to his name: a Wellington shot down on 01-08-42.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Oberleutnant Ludwig Wolf / grave: Block 21 Grab 141
Bordfunker Feldwebel Ernst Kurz / grave: Block 21 Grab 155
Sources:
https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/messerschmitt-bf-110-bij-tongeren
Deutsche Luftwaffe Verluste nach Flugzeugtypen Teil 3 by Michael Balss
https://books.google.nl/books?id=_AP4QkYQZY8C&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=ludwig+becker+claims&source=bl&ots=6381-i5z5M&sig=cyAtM_G79_8dz9qi201QVSCAkRM&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5xIXt7rvYAhUC66QKHS5eAOcQ6AEINDAB#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/detailansicht.html?tx_igverlustsuche_pi2%5Bgid%5D=d84858b6cccb2217d93782708d046e0d&cHash=5d98276a17710ef32eaa6ca0bbf522cb
http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/detailansicht.html?tx_igverlustsuche_pi2%5Bgid%5D=e128a24de27e2366c0bb3045781454c7&cHash=259927c925ca87a1e790852264e993d8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2018 14:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Jul-2018 07:19 | ehren69 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-Oct-2018 08:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Oct-2018 11:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2020 08:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 24-Mar-2020 11:08 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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