Accident Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 740177,
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Date:Sunday 2 January 1944
Time:02:05 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic me11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4
Owner/operator:9./NJG 1 Luftwaffe
Registration: 740177
MSN: G9+FR
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:outskirts of Epe, Bramsche, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Twente airfield (NL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
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

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 December 1943 740147 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe 2 Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
17 June 1944 440268 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe 0 north of the Moerzijstraat street, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Dec-2019 18:50 TigerTimon Added
03-Feb-2020 20:29 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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