ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220213
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| Date: | Sunday 1 June 1941 |
| Time: | 02:40 |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88A-5 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./KGr.806 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4289 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea, off Llandudno, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
During the night of 31st May-1st June 1941, the Luftwaffe sent 130 bombers to attack Liverpool. Three failed to return and two more were damaged in crash-landings on return. All three missing bombers were shot down by RAF night fighters in the early hours of the 1st.
A small detachment of Beaufighters of 219 Sqn had been sent out to South Wales at the end of May and one of these, flown by Sqn Ldr Colbeck-Welch, engaged the Ju 88 A-5 WNr 4289 M7+GH of 1./KGr.806 off Llandudno, Wales, at 0240 hrs. The bomber was shot down in the sea without survivors.
Crew (all killed):
Oblt Leo Sandgathe (pilot)
Obgfr H Littfinski
Uffz Willibrord Freitag
Fw Aloysius Knof
Sources:
"1941 the turning point. Part 2", by John Foreman, ISBN 978-1-871187-25-0
"The Blitz Then and Now, volume 3. May 1941 – March 1945", collective work, ISBN 0-900913-58-4
http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/content_ergebnis_detail.asp?id=925839&sec_id=83204F4CFA8D162C4F04556D04738588B3D91A57
http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/content_ergebnis_detail.asp?id=1923211&sec_id=69DB6A06F53810109DC7CD5B4BC1F8AB5F1CFC49
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandudno
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Dec-2018 00:59 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 22-Feb-2020 18:40 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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