ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232345
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:32 claim |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 750930 |
| MSN: | R4+CP |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Farrenberg mountain at Mössingen, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Quakenbrück airfield, Niedersachsen |
While engaged in a combat with 427 Squadron Halifax LW559, the aircraft was hit by return fire and crashed.
Both aircraft went down, the Halifax crew safely bailing out.
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
Crew:
(FF) Leutnant Helmut Ternieden / killed
(Bf) Unteroffizier Rudolf Finger / killed
(Bm) Unteroffizier Kugler / bailed out with severe injuries
Halifax crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Edgar Milton RCAF J/22146 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Bernard Richmond Walker RAF 578065 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Robert Harold Lagerquist RCAF J/20420 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant John Martin Newman RCAF R/86854 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Maurice Albert Green RAF 657944 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Donald Keith Buckler RCAF R/176553 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Paul Walter Benson RCAF R/148793 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 07 September, 1943) [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
Liste-Ring
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2020 20:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Feb-2020 20:47 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Mar-2024 08:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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