ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243535
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 R-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 751084 |
| MSN: | 4R+OK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eindhoven airfield, the Netherlands (takeoff at around midnight) |
Feindflug (operational sortie), to combat the RAF Bomber Command Bourg-Leopold (Belgium) and Aachen (Germany) raids.
The aircraft went missing over the sea, the body of pilot Hauptmann Kurt Mölter washing up on Baltrum island, Germany, on 20 July.
Bordfunker Uffz. Günther Hassler and Bordschütze Ogfr. Bruno Herlt are both missing in action.
Sources:
NVM (NJG2_I_049, NJG2_I_050); GQM (mfm T971-13 NARA); Rökker, I./NJG2, page 102
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 14:31 | TigerTimon | Added |
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