ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231535
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 19:45 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 740070 |
| MSN: | G9+KL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Weser river north of Blexen, Nordenham, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield (NL) |
Takeoff at 18:32 hrs for a Zahme Sau operation. On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Berlin.
The aircraft was in the process of awaiting further instructions by the Nachtjagd controllers when it was attacked at a height of 6000 metres by 141 Squadron 'Serrate' Mosquito HJ712. The left wing, engulfed in flames, disintegrated and the Messerschmitt plunged into the river.
Crew:
(FF) Oberfeldwebel Werner Hellenbrucks / killed
(Bf) Unteroffizier Hermann Vollert / safely bailed out by parachute
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
NVM (NJG1_I_072); Balss, PV, s.209; Balss, MV, s.298
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2019 12:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Mar-2020 08:40 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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