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Date: | Sunday 4 July 1943 |
Time: | 01:38 LT |
Type: | Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
Owner/operator: | Stab I./NJG 5 (detached to II./NJG 1) Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 5422 |
MSN: | C9+AB |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hoepertingen, Borgloon, Limburg -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield |
Destination airport: | St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield |
Narrative:Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Köln in Germany.
The left engine of the Messerschmitt was shot out in return fire. The crew then tried to make it back to Sint-Truiden on one engine. On approach, the aircraft crashed and was destroyed.
Flugzeugführer / Hauptmann Siegfried Wandam - killed
Bordfunker / Feldwebel Alfred Schöpke - killed
Sources:
GQM (#11-19); NVM (NJG5_I_006)
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Nov-2020 18:07 |
TigerTimon |
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19-Nov-2020 10:30 |
Apen |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |