ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232099
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| Date: | Monday 6 March 1944 |
| Time: | 14:05 LT |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24H-15-FO Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | 458th BGp /753th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-52306 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Munster, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St.Faith/AAF Sta.123 Norfolk |
The aircraft was claimed shot down by the night fighter pilots Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1 (based at Leeuwarden airfield in the Netherlands) and by Oberfeldwebel Fritz Rathkamp of the 6./NJG 5 (who had taken off from Parchim airfield in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). Both flew a Bf 110 G-4.
The Liberator was on an operation to the Daimler-Benz factory at Genshagen, Ludwigsfelde, Brandenburg.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/7903
Google Maps
https://www.8thafhs.org/old/new/targets.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2020 18:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jan-2021 10:46 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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