ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231187
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 23:20 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab/NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 750467 |
| MSN: | R4+XM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | woods at Neuermark-Lübars, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
Takeoff at around 21:30 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie. On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
The highly experienced pilot, 27-year-old Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was killed on bailing out of the aircraft. The Junkers had been hit by a volley of gunfire from the quadruple 7.7 mm guns of the tail turret of 156 Squadron Lancaster JA912, which set the port wing on fire. Rear gunner F/Lt. T.R. Thompson, who was wounded, managed to bring down the attacker.
The Lancaster was the fifth victim of Wittgenstein on this evening. The bomber crashed nearby at 23:15 hrs.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein 53547/97 Luftwaffe / Buried Ysselsteyn cemetery in the Netherlands; grave TH-1-2. He was initially buried at Ehrenfriedhof Zijpendaal cemetery at Schaarsbergen near Arnhem in the Netherlands.
Bordfunker Fw. F. Osterheim Luftwaffe / safely bailed out
Bordmechaniker Uffz. K. Matzuleit Luftwaffe / safely bailed out
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3318B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Obermaier s.34; Rökker, I./NJG2, s.93
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2019 20:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Dec-2019 20:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 18:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Jan-2020 09:05 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 29-Jan-2020 16:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Feb-2020 22:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2020 18:29 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2020 21:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
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