ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233196
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 August 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0375 |
| MSN: | R4+ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
| Gilze-Rijen airfield |
The aircraft was severely damaged in a heavy landing at Gilze-Rijen, on return from a very succesful Fernnachtjagd operation over England. Oberfeldwebel Rolf Bussmann had managed to shoot down three RAF aircraft. The under carriage of the Junkers collapsed and the machine slid off the runway.
The damage to the aircraft was assessed as 40%.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0140&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/161655
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 November 1940 | I./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 2 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o | |
| 14 July 1941 | 0636 | 3./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | over the North Sea |  |
sub |
| 12 August 1941 | 0845 | Stab I./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | De Heen, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 3 October 1941 | 0791 | I./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Cadzand, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 6 February 1945 | 622306 | Stab I./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Losser, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2020 13:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Feb-2020 13:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 13:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2020 16:31 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 05:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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