ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139248
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| Date: | Sunday 12 March 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab/NJG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 720010 |
| MSN: | C9+CD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ardennes near Saint-Hubert, Luxembourg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Parchim airfield (G) |
| Laon-Athies airfield (F) |
Crashed in bad weather on a routine flight.
It appears that the aircraft lost height due to airframe ice accretion in bad weather and collided with high ground.
The plane was found the next day burned out. All 3 crew members were dead. They were laid to rest at the Ehrenfriedhof Zijpendaal cemetery at Schaarsbergen, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
The pilot was a leading German night fighter pilot with 51 air victories to his credit.
Flugzeugführer / Major Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld / Ysselsteyn cemetery in the Netherlands; grave TH-1-1
Bordfunker / Oberfeldwebel Josef Rennette / Ysselsteyn cemetery in the Netherlands; grave BL-6-133
Bordmechaniker / Unteroffizier Kurt Röber / Ysselsteyn cemetery in the Netherlands; grave BL-6-134
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egmont_Prinz_zur_Lippe-Wei%C3%9Fenfeld
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3524M&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 March 1944 | 5680 | Stab III./NJG 5 Luftwaffe | 1 | Spreenhagen, Brandenburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2011 18:26 | angels one five | Added |
| 14-Oct-2011 20:59 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-Jan-2012 01:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Apr-2015 09:54 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2019 14:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date] |
| 17-Dec-2019 22:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jan-2020 09:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2020 16:25 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2020 21:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2020 18:29 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Apr-2020 21:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 01:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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