ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231979
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| Date: | Saturday 26 February 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 11./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 720151 |
| MSN: | G9+CZ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Maldeghem, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bergen airfield (NL) |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On the night of 25/26 February, RAF Bomber Command raided Augsburg in Bayern, Germany.
The aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed. The crew did not survive. Reportedly, they would have left the Messerschmitt with their parachute, but they were too low to survive. Today, the three rest at the German military cemetery at Lommel in Limburg:
Flugzeugführer / Leutnant Guido Krupinski
Bordfunker / Unteroffizier Franz Lachenmayer
Bordwart / Obergefreiter Hans Haase
Sources:
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/messerschmitt-bf-110-bij-maldegem#_ftn1
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 January 1944 | 5421 | 12./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Oude Bildtzijl, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 17 June 1944 | 730118 | 12./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 3 | near Gönnern, Angelburg, Hessen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2020 21:17 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Mar-2020 15:27 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Nov-2022 08:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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