ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231542
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 13:05 approx |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 R-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 751017 |
| MSN: | R4+CT |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bad Bentheim, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
The aircraft was shot down in aerial combat, when the formation of 9./NJG 2 Ju 88 night fighters was intercepted by a group of P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
(FF) Oberfeldwebel Alfred Schwarzer / killed
(Bf) Unteroffizier Armschat / bailed out, wounded
(Bs) Obergefreiter Walter Glöckner / killed
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
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 1942 | 360181 | Stab III./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2019 14:37 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Mar-2020 08:44 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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