ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227271
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| Date: | Saturday 9 September 1944 |
| Time: | 17:55 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 219 A-0 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 210905 |
| MSN: | G9+DK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hopsten airfield (eastern edge), Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Münster-Handorf airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Hopsten airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 17:30 hrs for a Verlegungsflug (transfer flight).
Upon landing at Hopsten, the aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot 1st Lieutenant Swift T Benjamin of the 353FG/350FS, who was flying a P-47D Thunderbolt from RAF Raydon, Suffolk, England.
The aircraft was totally destroyed (100%).
Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Oberfeldwebel Heinz Jadatz - killed
Bordfunker - Unteroffizier Alfred Schindler - killed
Bordwart - Unteroffizier Heinrich Wennholz - killed
Sources:
NVM (NJG1_I_086); Balss, PV
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/207655
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/unit/920
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2019 11:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-Jul-2019 14:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 19:42 | DB | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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