ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50358
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| Date: | Sunday 18 June 1944 |
| Time: | 00:28 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 710866 |
| MSN: | 4R+NS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel airfield (takeoff between 23:33-45 hrs) |
Feindflug (operational sortie).
Two Junkers of III./NJG 2 fell foul of 239 Squadron Mosquito W4092 (crewed by F/Lt. Poulton and F/O Neville) prowling in the circuit of Volkel airfield.
4R+NS fell at 00:28 hrs while the pilot attempted an emergency-landing but struck a hangar; the damage being assessed as 70%.
Flugzeugführer / Lt. H. Machleidt / Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg); grave CE-2-35
Bordfunker / Uffz. K. Marth / severely wounded, was taken to the Lazarett in Den Bosch
Bordschütze / Gfr. M. Rinnerthaler / Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg); grave CE-2-36
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3819&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Oct-2020 12:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2021 19:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 08:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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