ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231538
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 13:05 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 720118 |
| MSN: | R4+TN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ibbenbüren, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
At a height of 4000 metres, the aircraft engaged a B-17 Fortress bomber at 13:00 hrs but was hit by return fire. The pilot, Unteroffizier Wilhelm Villforth, performed a belly-landing due to the damage sustained five minutes later. He and his radio operator were both uninjured.
Feindflug - operational sortie. In the afternoon, the USAAF raided aviation industry and industrial areas at Braunschweig, whilst industrial areas at Hannover were struck as a Target of Opportunity.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2019 13:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Mar-2020 08:42 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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