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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 621582 |
| MSN: | D5+UM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along the Venweg at Wellerlooi, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Husum airfield, Germany |
Took off at around 23:50 hrs (New Years Eve), to attack road and rail traffic in the Aachen-Liège area with cannon and machine gun fire.
The aircraft exploded and crashed, presumably due to a long range night fighter.
Flugzeugführer / Oblt. A. Györy / Kriegsgräberstätte Weeze
Bordfunker / Ofw. K. Malz / Kriegsgräberstätte Weeze
Bordfunker / Uffz. H. Odenthal / Ysselsteyn cemetery
Bordwart / Uffz. S. Frank / Kriegsgräberstätte Weeze
Györy had joined the Nachtjagd in September 1944 after a successful career as a reconnaissance pilot (368 operational sorties), which had earned him the award of the Ritterkreuz in March 1944.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5021A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2021 13:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Sep-2021 13:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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