ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267501
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| Date: | Thursday 30 November 1944 |
| Time: | 19:47 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 620600 |
| MSN: | 4R+GL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | southeast of Arsbeck, Wegberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield, the Netherlands |
The Junkers was shot down SE of Arsbeck at 19:47 hrs by a 410 (Cougar) Squadron RCAF Mosquito operating under GCI control, flying from B.51 Lille-Vendeville.
Breithaupt and his Bordfunker were both thrown clear from their exploding aircraft and came down on their parachutes, their Bordmechaniker perished in the crash.
(FF) Oberleutnant Hans Breithaupt / Staffelkapitän 3./NJG 2
(Bf) Fhj-Fw. Sellschopp, Erik / slight injuries
(Bm) Uffz. Leyh, Werner / killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
NVM (NJG2_I_070, NJG2_I_072); Balss, Materialverluste, page 353; Rökker, I./NJG2, pages 119, 235
Google Maps
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/410_wwII.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Sep-2021 09:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Sep-2021 09:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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