ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244895
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| Date: | Sunday 25 July 1943 |
| Time: | 19:00 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 12./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 6343 |
| MSN: | G9+AZ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea NW of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden airfield |
Feindflug (operational sortie). In the afternoon, USAAF Fortresses & Liberators raided Hamburg, Kiel & Rostock in Germany.
The crew of Oberleutnant Eberhard Gardiewski & Unteroffizier Friedrich Abromeit were scrambled to intercept the raiders. One engine packed up due to return fire and the Messerschmitt was ditched at a speed of 200 km/h. Both men were, quite by chance, picked up by a Royal Navy MTB the next night and taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
GQM (#11-19); Balss, MV, page 168
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 October 1943 | 150118 | 12./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | Quakenbrück, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 23 February 1944 | 6245 | 12./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 3 | Poppeweg road, Leeuwarden, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 14 January 1945 | 740345 | 12./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Sieveringen, Ense, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2020 18:45 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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