ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235734
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 June 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3750 |
| MSN: | D5+EH |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haselünne, Ems, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vechta airfield |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft had both engine coolers shot out during a sharp encounter with 78 Squadron Halifax W1062 some 25 km north of Schiermonnikoog island (the Netherlands) at 02:40 hrs.
The Unteroffizieren Rudolf Frank and Hans-Georg Schierholz both bailed out safely over the Emsland.
The damaged Halifax crash-landed at RAF Docking with a mortally injured rear gunner and four wounded crew members on board.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three page 40
Google Maps
GQM (#6-9); Balss, MV, s.85
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2020 11:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Jun-2022 09:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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