ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236819
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| Date: | Sunday 4 March 1945 |
| Time: | 01:37 |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./NJG 4 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 621805 |
| MSN: | 3C+KN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Linstead Parva ('Grove Farm'), Halesworth, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gütersloh airfield, Germany |
| operation - Gisela |
Hit trees during low-level attack on Liberator at RAF Metfield.
(FF) Ofw. Zimmermann, Leo
(Bf) Ofw. Vey, Paul
(Bmf) Uffz. Pitan, Heinz
(Bw) Uffz. Wende, Hans
Sources:
https://yorkshireairmuseum.org/remembrance/the-luftwaffe-attack-on-raf-elvington-operation-gisella/
GQM (#12-26, 27.3.45, 85); NVM (NJG4_II_085); Intruders Over Britain, page 200; Blitz, Then & Now, page 547
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jun-2020 10:05 | gerard57 | Added |
| 30-Jun-2022 11:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2022 12:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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