ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243489
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:40 approx |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./NJG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 730113 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | barn at Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Aachen.
The aircraft fell victim to 605 Squadron Mosquito NS942 during a low-level chase at around 01:40 hrs and crashed into a barn at Straelen. The crew escaped by parachute, but for the pilot it was too late.
(FF) Oberleutnant Werner Lahl / killed
(Bf) Unteroffizier Bernhard Krähe / succumbed to his injuries a month later
(Bs) Unteroffizier Ernst Rogge / wounded
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
NVM (NJG5_II_049, NJG5_II_052); Balss, MV, page 330
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2020 17:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Oct-2020 09:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
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