ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49789
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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1944 |
| Time: | 22:00 approx |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 4 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | 3C+AR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 miles east of Maastricht, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mainz-Finthen airfield, Germany |
The aircraft had taken off for a Nachtschlacht operation but the crew lost its bearings and was shot down by American ack-ack.
All three were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4489&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG4.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Mar-2021 19:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2021 19:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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