ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264610
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| Date: | Friday 24 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:00 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 10./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 6223 |
| MSN: | G9+EX |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Mainz-Finthen airfield, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden or Quakenbrück |
| Mainz-Finthen airfield |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On the evening of the 23rd, RAF Bomber Command raided Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
When on approach to Mainz-Finthen with indicator lights switched on, the aircraft was shot down by a long-range intruder of 418 Squadron RCAF (Mosquito FB.VI).
Crew (all killed):
(FF) Leutnant Hans Kröner
(Bf) Uffz. Otto Damman
(Bs) Ogfr. Karl Bals
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
GQM (#11-21); Balss, Personalverluste
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2021 10:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
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