ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267524
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| Date: | Monday 4 December 1944 |
| Time: | 20:20 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 160121 |
| MSN: | G9+TT |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Erkrath - Gruiten (Haan); Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Düsseldorf airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Karlsruhe & Heilbronn, both in Baden-Württemberg.
The battle-damaged Messerschmitt crew was probably trying to regain base at Düsseldorf when it crashed, killing the three men:
(FF) Hptm. Stav, Erich
(Bf) Fw. Retzkow, Hans
(Bs) Uffz. Deufel, Andreas
The pilot had served as Technischer Offizier in 1./Bordfl.Gr. 196 aboard the battleship Bismarck, in March 1941.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
TOCH (23.2.09, RT)
Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Sep-2021 18:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Sep-2021 18:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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