ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234759
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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:07 claim |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5538 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moers, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vechta airfield, Niedersachsen |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Friedrichshafen (Baden-Württemberg), Montzen (Belgium) and Aulnoye (France).
The aircraft was coned by a searchlight and shot down by a de Havilland Mosquito NF.II of 239 Squadron RAF based at RAF West Raynham in Norfolk, England. The three crew members escaped by parachute, the Bordwart with injuries.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
NVM (NJG3_II_018); Balss, MV, s.325
Google Maps
Rickard, J (11 July 2011), No. 239 Squadron (RAF): Second World War, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/239_wwII.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2020 20:53 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Apr-2020 20:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 06-Apr-2020 06:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Narrative] |
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