ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216973
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | 00:25 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5554 |
| MSN: | G9+FT |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 20 km northeast of Hannover, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield (NL) |
Feindflug (operational flight). Flugzeugbrand nach Feindbeschuß, Besatzung FSA (aircraft on fire following enemy fire, the crew bailed out). At 00:20, 149 Squadron Stirling EE894 crashed near Kückenmühle, Ronnenberg, Niedersachsen. This aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by Leutnant Ernst, pilot of G9+FT. The Messerschmitt was probably hit by return fire. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Berlin.
Damage: 100%
Crew:
Flugzeugführer: Leutnant Erwin Ernst
Bordfunker: Unteroffizier Josef Lünning - wounded
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Deutsche Luftwaffe Verluste nach Flugzeugtypen Teil 3 by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Oct-2018 18:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 31-Oct-2018 19:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 21-Jan-2019 12:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2020 14:46 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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