ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234181
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| Date: | Friday 29 August 1941 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./ZG 76 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2430 |
| MSN: | M8+KP |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | De Kooy Airfield, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden airfield (NL) |
While ten Bf 110 aircraft of the II./ZG 76 were practising bomb dropping eighty kilometres southwest of Den Helder on a floating smoke flare, they came into the sights of Spitfires of 19 Squadron, who had just searched the sea in vain for a fellow pilot who had been shot down the day before. The fight that followed turned out disastrous for the RAF: four Spitfires failed to return.
In turn, the II./ZG 76 got away with a substantially damaged Bf 110. Bordfunker (radio operator) Gefreiter A. Bunke was injured. After landing at De Kooy airfield, the damage to the aircraft was assessed as 30%.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0143&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' page 195
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2020 21:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 21-Mar-2020 16:21 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 08:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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