Accident Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 720055,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50939
 
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Date:Wednesday 9 February 1944
Time:15:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic me11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4
Owner/operator:4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe
Registration: 720055
MSN: G9+HM
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:northeast of Kaumeshoek, Beringe, Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield (B)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances while engaged in a Zieldarstellung (target representation) flight, a training flight.

Both crew members did not survive and rest in Ysselsteyn cemetery:
Flugzeugführer Lt. G. Rheinheimer 208297/38 Luftwaffe / grave L-11-261
Bordfunker Uffz. H. Layer 208297/36 Luftwaffe / grave L-11-262

Sources:

SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T3389
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
24 December 1943 740139 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe 1 Untereschbach, Overath, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
21-Dec-2019 20:21 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Mar-2020 09:59 DB Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
13-Jan-2024 14:37 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source]

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