ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51022
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| Date: | Saturday 22 January 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 A-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./KG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 301336 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Zeebrugge, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Le Culot airfield (B) |
Kraftstoffmangel. The aircraft crashed due to fuel shortage. The crew bailed out, but two of them were never seen again.
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, the Luftwaffe launched a second wave of bombers at London, as part of operation Steinbock.
Damage: 100%
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. W. Schmidt 73172/229 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn BB-10-236 - bailed out, washed up Kamperland, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland (the Netherlands) on 10 February 1944
Beobachter Fw. E. Argast 62539/177 Luftwaffe - missing in action, bailed out
Bordfunker Uffz. W. Seidler 73045/248 Luftwaffe - missing in action, bailed out
Bordschütze Uffz. T. Rehn 73172/210 Luftwaffe - bailed out
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3318A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Belgium%20and%20Luxembourg.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jan-2019 20:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2019 20:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2019 12:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Phase, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2019 08:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2019 12:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Phase, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2020 14:13 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2022 08:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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