ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182397
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:03 |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 188 E-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 260238 |
| MSN: | U5+BM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | White House Farm, Great Leighs near Chelmsford, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Soesterberg (NL) / Münster-Handorf (G) |
Shot down by RAF night fighter. The entire crew perished in the crash.
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this evening, the Luftwaffe raided London as part of Operation Steinbock.
Sources:
1.http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-15/styled-21/styled-145/index.html
2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Steinbock
3.http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kampfgeschwader/KG2.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2015 13:33 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Mar-2019 18:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 19:53 | DB | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |
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