ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49514
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| Date: | Sunday 24 December 1944 |
| Time: | 04:35 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 S-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./LG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 330955 |
| MSN: | L1+CN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Afferden - Deest, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ahlhorn airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 23:30 hrs for an operation to targets in the Metz (France) - Luxemburg area.
The crew became disorientated and eventually bailed out; the battle-damaged aircraft crashed.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. H. Fischer 72062/318 Luftwaffe / prisoner of war
Beobachter Ogfr. T. Vychodil 71062/355 Luftwaffe / prisoner of war
Bordfunker Uffz. H. Hübner 71062/259 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave AL-2-36 / initially buried Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland / 23 years old
Bordschütze Uffz. W. Strube 62733/179 Luftwaffe / missing in action; bailed out but never found
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4842&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
Taghon, LG1, II, s.526; ADI.g (131); Liste-RT (A-1400-45-766)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Oct-2019 17:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2020 19:16 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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