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| Date: | Thursday 4 June 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3963 |
| MSN: | D5+KH |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km southeast of Telbrake, Vechta, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vechta airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down in aerial combat. Leutnant Karl-Friedrich Clausnitzer did not survive, his radio operator managed to escape by parachute. The 110 was a total loss (100%).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
GQM (#6-9); NVM (NJG3_I_013); GQM (10.06.42 Ber. "i" / 10.06.42 Erg. "h")
Google Maps
WASt-Gräberkarte
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2020 13:12 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Feb-2022 11:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
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