ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235965
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2170 |
| MSN: | D5+KK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vechta airfield, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vechta airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On the night of 29/30 July, RAF Bomber Command raided Saarbrücken.
The aircraft crashed on takeoff due to a collision with a 3. Staffel Bf 110 E-1. The latter machine was damaged at 45%.
The pilot had his left leg amputated below the knee:
(FF) Feldwebel Peter Voelskow / severely injured
(Bf) Unteroffizier Kurt Schwarz / killed
Sources:
GQM (#6-10); NVM (NJG3_I_017)
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=32074&highlight=Voelskow
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2020 19:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
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