ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267515
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| Date: | Sunday 31 December 1944 |
| Time: | 04:30 approx |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 620132 |
| MSN: | 4R+OR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Venlo, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jever airfield, Germany |
Took off at around 03:00 hrs with orders to strafe Allied supply trains and columns behind the front in Belgium and northern France.
Near Venlo, the aircraft was shot up by 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqdn Mosquito MM517, an NF Mark XIII.
Hauptmann Alfred Kühn, a former bomber pilot, managed to return to Germany.
Beobachter / Uffz. R. Seidel / parachute jump, injured, prisoner of war
Bordfunker / Uffz. H. Hoferichter / parachute jump, prisoner of war
Bordwart / Uffz. S. Schwartz / parachute jump, injured, prisoner of war
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5021B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/604_wwII.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Sep-2021 15:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Sep-2021 15:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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