ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248429
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Landsweiler-Reden, Schiffweiler, Saarland -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel airfield, the Netherlands (takeoff at 23:35 hrs) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg) and an oil target at Wanne Eickel (Ruhrgebiet).
The aircraft collided with a four-engined RAF bomber at a height of 6000 metres which forced Oberleutnant Friedrich Tober and his crew to evacuate the Junkers by parachute.
Sources:
Liste (M.S., Summ.VLM)
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2021 19:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
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