ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224017
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| Date: | Thursday 17 April 1941 |
| Time: | 21:23 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0345 |
| MSN: | R4+BM, weisse B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Thorney, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England; 'Gothic House Farm' -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
Crashed; presumably due to AAA. The wreck with her crew were recovered in October 1978.
The Junkers was on a Fernnachtjagd operation to England.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Obergefreiter Wilhelm Beetz - killed
Bordfunker - Gefreiter Rudolf Kronika - killed
Bordschütze - Gefreiter Johann Mittag - killed
Sources:
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2019 17:42 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Feb-2020 08:59 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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