ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50435
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| Date: | Monday 29 May 1944 |
| Time: | 01:42 LT |
| Type: | Messerschmitt Me 410 A-1/U2 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./KG 51 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 420431 |
| MSN: | 9K+AN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield |
The aircraft collided with Me 410 120008 on the taxi run. The Messerschmitts were part of a twelve machines assigned to intruder patrols over East Anglia, UK. The damage to both aircraft was assessed at 90%.
Both crew members were initially buried at Tilburg:
Flugzeugführer Oblt. H. Niebler 62720/49 Luftwaffe - buried Ysselsteyn CQ-8-189
Bordfunker Fw. O. Recknagel 62720/43 Luftwaffe - buried Ysselsteyn CQ-8-190
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3742&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Kampfflieger - Bombers of the Luftwaffe Summer 1943- May 1945, Volume 4
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Oct-2011 05:59 | harro | Updated [Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2019 19:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2019 19:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2019 19:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 15:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 05:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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