ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193260
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 February 1943 |
| Time: | 13:02 |
| Type: | Blohm & Voss BV 138C-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./Kü.Fl.Gr. 906 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0310105 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marstein, near Bergen -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
On 2 February 1943 Sgt Robert George Wigmore, a pilot of 235 Sqn RAF, and his navigator, Sgt Hadfield, took off with the Beaufighter -M from Leuchars airfield, Scotland, for an Armed reconnaissance on the Norwegian coast. During this sortie they met a German aircraft indentified as a "Ha 138" and claimed it shot down at 1302 hrs at Hjelterfjord. Their Beaufighter was hit by Flak but returned safely.
Their victim was the Bv 138 C-1 WNr 0310105 of 3./Kü.Fl.Gr. 906 (based at Tromsö), that was on a transfer flight when being shot down by an unidentified RAF aircraft on 2 February 1943 at Marstein near Bergen (Pl.Quadrat 06 Ost/51741). This aircraft bore the unit code K6+IL (originally that of 3./406 also at Tromsö) and Stammkennzeichen PG+KE. All five men aboard were killed.
Crew (all killed):
Ofw Alois Schmid (pilot)
Lt zur See Klaus Volk (observer)
Uffz Heinz Marks (radio)
Uffz Paul Bender (flying engineer)
Obgefr Fritz Otten (passenger, of 1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 906)
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=2097
http://web.archive.org/web/20130408073411/http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info:80/lists/luftwaffe1.htm
http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seeluft/Verlustlisten/Jahr1943.htm
http://www.luftwaffe.no/SIG/Losses/tap43.html
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?108872-Flying-log-1942
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marstein
http://www.maplandia.com/norway/more-og-romsdal/marstein/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2017 15:40 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 24-Dec-2019 16:18 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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