ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201211
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| Date: | Sunday 4 March 1945 |
| Time: | 01:45 |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 620397 |
| MSN: | C9+RR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Welton, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lübeck-Blankensee airfield, Germany |
| operation - Gisela |
After downing a RAAF Lancaster, the pilot was looking for ground targets. The plane flew too level, hit telegraph wires and crashed. The crew of four perished in the crash as well as one person on the ground.
(FF) Fw. Conze, Heinrich
(B) Uffz. Scherer, Rudolf
(Bf) Ogfr. Nollau, Werner
(Bs) Uffz. Altenkirch, Alfred
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-15/styled-22/styled-171/index.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5015883/Civilian-hero-honoured-military-headstone.html
GQM (#12-26); NVM (NJG5_III_054); Intruders Over Britain, page 201; Blitz, Then & Now, page 495
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2017 18:34 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Apr-2019 18:29 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2022 11:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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