ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243769
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| Date: | Sunday 18 June 1944 |
| Time: | 01:20 approx |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel airfield (takeoff between 23:33-45 hrs) |
Feindflug (operational sortie).
Two Junkers of III./NJG 2 fell foul of 239 Squadron Mosquito W4092 (crewed by F/Lt. Poulton and F/O Neville) prowling in the circuit of Volkel airfield.
4R+NS fell at 00:28 hrs, the damage being assessed as 70%.
A machine of the 7. Staffel in the hands of Hauptmann Günther Wagner coming under gunfire almost an hour later. The pilot performed a belly-landing, the crew escaping without a scratch before their fighter was consumed by fire.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2020 13:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Jun-2022 08:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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