ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49386
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| Date: | Sunday 31 December 1944 |
| Time: | 06:10 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 620441 |
| MSN: | 4R+RS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lakerveld, Lexmond, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jever airfield, Germany |
Took off at around 03:00 hrs with orders to strafe Allied supply trains and columns behind the front in Belgium and northern France.
The aircraft was shot down by 409 Squadron RCAF Mosquito MM560, an NF Mark XIII from B.51 Lille-Vendeville in France. All four crew members rest in Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg):
Flugzeugführer Oblt. H. Meier
Beobachter Fw. A. Gutzeit
Bordfunker Ogfr. T. Wettern
Bordschütze Ofw. W. Donath
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5021&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Sep-2021 17:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 17:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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