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| Date: | Sunday 2 January 1944 |
| Time: | 02:05 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 740177 |
| MSN: | G9+FR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | outskirts of Epe, Bramsche, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield (NL) |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Berlin.
The aircraft crashed following engine failure, the three crew members perishing.
(FF) Leutnant Albert Bergerhoff / killed
(Bf) Unteroffizier Friedrich Frey / killed
(Bw) Gefreiter Egon Ruff / killed
Sources:
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2019 18:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Feb-2020 20:29 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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