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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:52 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4619 |
| MSN: | G9+NK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Venlo Airfield, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield |
| Venlo airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Essen in Germany.
The aircraft crashed on approach to Fliegerhorst Venlo, while performing a left-hand turn. It completely burned out.
Both crew members rest at Ysselsteyn cemetery:
Flugzeugführer / Oblt. H. Engelmann / grave BN-2-41
Beobachter / Gfr. H. Schaaf / grave BN-2-42
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1583&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
GQM (#6-9); NVM (NJG1_I_014); Balss, PV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Jun-2017 10:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Dec-2019 22:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 25-Apr-2020 18:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 08:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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