ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231981
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| Date: | Saturday 26 February 1944 |
| Time: | 08:42 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 11./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 740136 |
| MSN: | G9+KY |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel off Dunkerque, Nord, Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bergen airfield (NL) |
The aircraft, flown by Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke, had taken off from Bergen together with another Bf 110 G-4 for an air-sea rescue operation. The latter machine was flown by Leutnant Heinz Rolland, Kommandoführer of the detachment at Bergen airfield.
The cause of this operation was the fact that a Staffel comerade, Leutnant Guido Krupinski, had gone missing during the nights operation against the RAF Bomber Command Augsburg raid.
In this risky daylight operation and while over the sea, the two Messserschmitts were intercepted by two 198 Squadron Hawker Typhoon pilots, F/Lt. L'Allemand and F/O Hardy. The machine of Vinke was shot down, the three crew members are still missing to this day:
Flugzeugführer / Oberfeldwebel Heinz Vinke / ace with 49 confirmed victories
Bordfunker / Unteroffizier Rudolf Dunger
Bordwart / Unteroffizier Rudolf Walter
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/messerschmitt-bf-110-bij-maldegem
Google Maps
Obermaier s.66; Balss, PV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2020 22:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Mar-2020 15:28 | DB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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