ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185333
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 December 1944 |
| Time: | 22:27 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 11./NJG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 440051 |
| MSN: | 2Z+LW |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Koppenwind (Rauhenebrach) and Neudorf (Ebrach), Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kitzingen airfield, Bayern (G) |
While on a Feindflug (operational sortie), the aircraft was hit by a Mosquito night fighter and suffered engine damage (Motorschaden).
The aircraft crashed into the woods along the Steigerwald-Höhenstraße road.
Two crew members died in the crash. One survived:
Flugzeugführer - Unteroffizier Heinz Gasch - KIA
Bordfunker - Unteroffizier Günter Milerski - KIA
Bordschütze - Gefreiter Karl Rethaber - bailed out, wounded
Sources:
https://www.mainpost.de/regional/schweinfurt/Neuer-Gedenkstein-erinnert-an-Absturz;art769,5687792
Deutsche Luftwaffe Verluste nach Flugzeugtypen Teil 3 by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2016 10:34 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Mar-2019 12:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2020 19:12 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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