ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248531
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| Date: | Thursday 17 August 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 140217 |
| MSN: | G9+KP |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Göttingen airfield, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| 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).
During the landing, which was attempted several times after returning from the mission, the aircraft crashed and was destroyed when it touched down early, presumably as a result of the pilot being wounded in combat.
The damage was assessed as 90%.
(FF) Oberfähnrich Ottmar Bode
(Bf) Obergefreiter Theodor Helmrath
(Bs) Gefreiter Wolfgang Ebert
Sources:
NVM (NJG1_II_089, NJG1_II_090); Balss, Personalverluste
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 August 1941 | 3487 | 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | Dangersen, Buchholz in der Nordheide, Niedersachsen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2021 12:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
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