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| Date: | Thursday 9 January 1941 |
| Time: | 22:28 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0227 |
| MSN: | R4+CL, gelbe C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea off the English coast -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
The Junkers is missing from a Fernnachtjagd operation to England, following being hit by British AAA.
On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Unteroffizier Otto Kräher - missing in action
Bordfunker - Unteroffizier Martin Stachowski - killed
Bordschütze - Unteroffizier Josef Diwok - killed
Sources:
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2019 17:54 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Feb-2020 09:54 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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