Accident Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 5647, Monday 3 January 1944
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Date:Monday 3 January 1944
Time:03:58 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic me11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4
Owner/operator:11./NJG 5 Luftwaffe
Registration: 5647
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Schönefeld, Brandenburg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Brandis airfield, Sachsen
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed following aerial combat.

Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Berlin.

Crew:
(FF) Feldwebel Josef Sallmutter / killed
(Bf) Unteroffizier Jann Schröder / killed
(Bs) Unteroffizier Andreas Reich / killed

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
NVM (NJG5_IV_019); Balss, PV, s.188
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG5.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Dec-2019 20:43 TigerTimon Added
03-Feb-2020 20:29 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ]

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