ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243498
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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:30 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 730106 |
| MSN: | 2Z+AR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | twixt Mulartshütte (Roetgen) - Zweifall (Stolberg) Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hagenau airfield, modern France |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Aachen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was engaged in aerial combat with 576 Squadron Lancaster NE171 when the Messerschmitt was hit by bombs which were jettisoned by the heavy bomber.
The Lancaster was mortally crippled and crashed. Oberleutnant Schulte & Uffz. Fischer escaped by parachute but Bordfunker Uffz. Sandvoss was killed.
The Messerschmitt crashed into a wooded area.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
NVM (NJG6_III_002); Kock, KTB NJG6, page 91; Balss, MV, page 331
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2020 19:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Oct-2020 19:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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