ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223921
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 22:30 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab/NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5355 |
| MSN: | G9+DA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Heese, Eldingen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Hannover, Germany.
The aircraft collided with He 219 A-0 G9+CB, which was on approach to Celle-Wietzenbruch airfield, flown by Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1. Both aircraft went down, all crew members being killed:
Crew Messerschmitt G9+DA:
Flugzeugführer - Hauptmann Günther Friedrich - killed - Technical Officer of NJG 1
Bordfunker - Oberleutnant Werner Gerber - killed
Bordmechaniker - Obergefreiter Kurt Weißke - killed
Crew Heinkel G9+CB:
Flugzeugführer - Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank - killed - Gruppenkommandeur I./NJG 1 and Ritterkreuzträger
Bordfunker - Oberfeldwebel Erich Gotter - killed - regular radio operator of Hptm. Frank since his first victory in April 1941
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
LW losses by Michael Balss
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 May 1943 | 5355 | Stab/NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2019 07:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Jan-2020 08:58 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 10-Feb-2020 22:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2020 18:28 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Apr-2020 15:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
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