ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231136
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| Date: | Monday 3 January 1944 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 750978 |
| MSN: | R4+DL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Malacky, Bratislava region -
 Slovakia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kassel-Rothwesten airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 01:21 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Berlin.
The aircraft was hit by 'friendly' Flak over Hannover-Vahrenwald. A direct Flak hit, which killed the Bordfunker (radio operator) and damaged the port wing. The pilot and his Bordschütze (gunner) bailed out by parachute at 05:30 hrs, the pilot landing at Heißum, Liebenburg, Niedersachsen.
With the autopilot turned on, the aircraft flew into Slovakia and crashed after running out of fuel.
Crew:
(FF) Leutnant Ewald Wüstenfeld / bailed out slightly injured
(Bf) Unteroffizier Leonhard Schmidt / killed
(Bs) Unteroffizier Friedrich Wefelmeier / bailed out slightly injured
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
NVM (NJG2_I_031); Rökker, I./NJG2, s.93, 95 (Bericht), 224; Balss, MV, s.289
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2019 20:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Dec-2019 21:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2019 21:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 16:18 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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