Incident Junkers Ju 88 C-4 0343,
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Date:Monday 10 March 1941
Time:23:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ju88 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Junkers Ju 88 C-4
Owner/operator:1./NJG 2 Luftwaffe
Registration: 0343
MSN: R4+CH, weisse C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Hay Green near King's Lynn, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft was force-landed after being hit by AAA fire.

Crew:
(FF) Oberleutnant Kurt Hermann / prisoner of war
(Bf) Unteroffizier Engelbert Böttner / prisoner of war
(Bs) Feldwebel Wilhelm Rüppel / prisoner of war

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
GQM (#3-4); Balss, PV, s.14; S.Parry, Intruders Over Britain, s.42; Rökker, I./NJG2, s.214
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Mar-2020 09:19 TigerTimon Added
17-Mar-2020 13:55 DB Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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