ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231539
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 13:06 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | R4+CS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gildehaus, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
The aircraft was chased by about five P-47 Thunderbolts and both engines were shot out in the hail of .50 bullets. Unteroffizier Günther Schmidt, however, managed to perform a belly-landing, the three crew members escaping injury. The damage was assessed at 70%.
The Junkers had taken off at 12:19 hrs for a 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
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2019 14:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Dec-2019 14:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 08:43 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 09:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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