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Date: | Wednesday 20 May 1942 |
Time: | 02:24 |
Type: | Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-1 |
Owner/operator: | 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 4071 |
MSN: | G9+HP |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Brustem, Sint-Truiden, Limburg -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield (B) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Mannheim in Germany.
Oberleutnant Gutezeit, Staffelkapitän of the 6./NJG 1, attacked Stirling W7520 'MG-S' of No. 7 Squadron RAF. The Messerschmitt was hit by burning debris, both aircraft going down.
The Bf 110 was totally wrecked (100%).
Flugzeugführer / Oberleutnant Friedrich 'Fritz' Gutezeit
Bordfunker / Feldwebel Heinz Januschewski
Sources:
Deutsche Luftwaffe Verluste nach Flugzeugtypen Teil 3 by Michael Balss
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/messerschmitt-bf-110-wn4071-bij-sint-truiden Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Oct-2018 12:37 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
15-Mar-2020 09:43 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
20-Apr-2020 14:05 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |