ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267429
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| Date: | Monday 6 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:55 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 12./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 160130 |
| MSN: | G9+EY |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north of Bonn-Hangelar airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dortmund-Brackel airfield |
Took off at 19:06 hrs for a Nachtjagd sortie in the Bochum-Düsseldorf area. On this evening, RAF heavy bombers raided Gravenhorst and Koblenz.
Almost two hours later, probably during a landing approach to Köln-Wahn, the Messerschmitt was surprised by a Mosquito attack in which the crew all perished:
(FF) Unteroffizier Chudoba, Kurt
(Bf) Unteroffizier Hoge, Willi
(Bs) Unteroffizier Rengen, Leonhard
Their attacker was Mosquito 'Y' of 85 Squadron RAF in the hands of Flight Lieutenants Keele & Wright.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
Balss, Personalverluste; LBB-Forum (13.1.2008)
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2021 13:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
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