ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223281
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| Date: | Saturday 25 March 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Heinkel He 177 A-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./KG 100 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 535794 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rheine airfield, Germany |
| Rheine airfield, Germany |
The aircraft was returning from a Feindflug (operational sortie) against London when the pilot was forced to perform an emergency landing due to engine trouble.
Two crew members were wounded:
Beobachter Oblt. R. Bernitt
Bordfunker Uffz. H. Otac
The number of six crew members is based upon the usual number of crew members of an He 177.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0884&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
LW Losses by Michael Balss
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kampfgeschwader/KG100.htm
'The Last Blitz' for airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2019 08:21 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Jul-2019 04:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 08-Dec-2019 22:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 01:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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