ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236208
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4657 |
| MSN: | G9+LN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alfter (800 m NE Kottenforst Bahnhof), Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Frankfurt am Main in Hessen.
The aircraft was shot down in return fire from a RAF bomber. Leutnant Rudi Röhr (21 years old) and Unteroffizier Erwin Cobi (22 years old) did not survive.
Sources:
GQM (#6-10); GQM (11.09.42 Ber. "ll"); NVM (NJG1_II_029)
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2020 09:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-May-2020 09:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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