ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265276
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| Date: | Sunday 3 October 1943 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 11./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 6308 |
| MSN: | G9+DY |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Allendorf, Haiger, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden airfield, the Netherlands |
Takeoff at 21:19 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie. On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Kassel.
In aerial combat with a Short Stirling bomber, the Messerschmitt was hit by return fire which set fire to the machine.
The two crew members of Oberleutnant Drewes (the Feldwebeln Hrachowina & Petz) bailed out by parachute. Though injured, the pilot managed to crash-land the aircraft.
Sources:
GQM (#11-22); Obermaier, page 77; Balss, PV; FB 2011/6 (179/11)
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2021 18:37 | TigerTimon | Added |
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