ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226337
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| Date: | Saturday 21 June 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 756 |
| MSN: | R4+*K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Bergen Airfield, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
| Bergen airfield (NL) |
The aircraft had taken off for a Feindflug (operational sortie) over England, but was hit by return fire from an RAF bomber. The pilot, Oberfeldwebel Hermann Jung, succesfully performed an emergency-landing with a 500 kg bomb on board.
The damage was assessed at 20%.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0116&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
GQM (#3-5, 3360/41, 24.6.41, 2); Balss, MV, s.26; Rökker, I./NJG 2, s.216; Intruders Over Britain, s.184; Foreman, The Turning Point, II, s.353
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 June 1941 | 2./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | North Sea 50 km NW of Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2019 13:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Mar-2020 09:46 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 09:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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