ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267695
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 December 1944 |
| Time: | 19:35 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 12./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 740078 |
| MSN: | G9+HZ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Münster-Handorf airfield (10 km northwest of), Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dortmund-Brackel airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Osnabrück (Niedersachsen), Giessen (Hessen) and the Leuna plant at Merseburg (Sachsen-Anhalt).
Whilst circling a radio beacon near Münster, the 23-year old Hauptmann Hans-Heinz Augenstein was completely surprised by a sudden attack of 85 Squadron Mosquito ‘O’, in the hands of Flight Lieutenant Hedgecoe, who opened fire at 19:35 hrs.
(Bf) Fw. Steins, Günther / killed
(Bs) Uffz. Schmidt, Kurt / parachute jump, wounded
Augenstein had scored his first victory from Twente as a Leutnant, on the night of 13-14 May 1943 when RAF Bomber Command raided Pilsen and Bochum.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
Obermaier page 82; Balss, Personalverluste
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | 5319 | 12./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | Bikkersweide, NE of Vollenhove, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2021 10:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Sep-2021 08:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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