ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50293
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 01:50 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 710699 |
| MSN: | 4R+PS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gemert, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel airfield (takeoff between 00:05-27 hrs) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided oil production facilities at Homberg and Bottrop in Germany.
When intercepting 101 Squadron Lancaster LL779, the Junkers was hit by debris and crashed. Two crew members safely bailed out. Bordfunker Obergefreiter Bernhard Schulz died in the crash.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3897&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=343
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Jun-2019 08:18 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 16:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Oct-2020 08:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2020 08:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
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