ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50969
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 750811 |
| MSN: | R4+LS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ebbenbroek, Bruchterveld, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
Takeoff at 12:19 hrs for a Feindflug (operational sortie). The aircraft was shot down by USAAF fighter aircraft.
In the afternoon, the USAAF raided aviation industry and industrial areas at Braunschweig, whilst industrial areas at Hannover were struck as a Target of Opportunity.
The pilot saved himself by bailing out. He sustained injuries from cannon shrapnel in hand, bruises in body and haemorrhage in ankle.
The two others rest in Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg).
Flugzeugführer Oblt. Friedrich Tober
Bordfunker Fw. H. Claus
Bordschütze Uffz. E. Gernegross
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3351&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1605
book Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2019 18:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2019 09:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 08:47 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 13-May-2021 14:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Photo] |
| 13-May-2021 14:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2021 14:55 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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