Incident Junkers Ju 88 C-2 0254,
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Date:Wednesday 1 January 1941
Time:evening
Type:Silhouette image of generic ju88 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Junkers Ju 88 C-2
Owner/operator:1./NJG 2 Luftwaffe
Registration: 0254
MSN: R4+KH
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL)
Destination airport:Gilze-Rijen airfield
Narrative:
Bruchlandung infolge Feindbeschuss (crash landing, damaged by enemy fire).
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Bremen, Germany.

Damage: 30%
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Lt. R. Stradner Luftwaffe Survived
Bordfunker Uffz. W. Krieg Luftwaffe Survived
Bordmechaniker Uffz. M. Oswald Luftwaffe Survived

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0055&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Dec-2018 17:39 TigerTimon Added
22-Feb-2020 09:52 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]
15-Jun-2022 21:11 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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