ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248528
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| Date: | Thursday 17 August 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 440351 |
| MSN: | G9+BM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lüdingworth, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield, the Netherlands (takeoff at around 23:15-30 hrs) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Stettin (Pommern) and Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein).
Due to fuel shortage, the aircraft was put down in an emergency-landing in a pitch-black field. The Messerschmitt hit the ground prematurely causing the pilot to be killed:
(FF) Uffz. Fritz Walther / succumbed to injuries in Marinelazarett Cuxhaven
(Bf) Ogfr. Carl Leichner / severely wounded
(Bs) Gefr. Herbert Hofmann / slightly wounded
Damage to the aircraft was assessed as 80%.
Sources:
NVM (NJG1_II_088, NJG1_II_089); Balss, Personalverluste
Google Maps
WASt-Gräberkarte
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1941 | 2191 | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | over Noord-Holland |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2021 11:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Mar-2021 12:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase] |
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