ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236098
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| Date: | Sunday 16 August 1942 |
| Time: | 03:30 approx |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4658 |
| MSN: | G9+AH |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kessel, Goch, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield, the Netherlands |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The port engine was knocked out by a burst of return fire from 50 Squadron Lancaster R5735 and the crew was forced to bail out due to uncontrollability of the machine.
Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke injured one of his feet on landing, while his radio operator Uffz. Bundrock came down safely.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
GQM (#6-10); NVM (NJG1_I_022)
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2020 18:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
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