ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224955
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| Date: | Sunday 11 May 1941 |
| Time: | 00:36 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3606 |
| MSN: | L1+BL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cappeln, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vechta airfield, Niedersachsen |
Near Cloppenburg, the aircraft collided with Short Stirling Mk I N6010, bound for Berlin. Both aircraft crashed, the Luftwaffe pilot was the only one who survived.
On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Hamburg, Emden and Berlin.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Feldwebel Heinrich Säwert - bailed out with minor injuries.
Bordfunker - Unteroffizier Walter Schönfeld - killed
Sources:
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2019 21:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-May-2019 06:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn] |
| 05-Feb-2020 09:55 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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