ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51088
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 December 1943 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./ZG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 120019 |
| MSN: | schwarze 8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km northwest of Witmarsum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wunstorf airfield (G) |
Crashed during aerial combat. The pilot, Feldwebel Cyprian Gropper, was killed. The radio operator, Unteroffizier H. Lange, was wounded.
The deceased pilot is buried at the German Military cemetery, Ysselsteyn, Netherlands.
Feindflug (operational sortie). In the afternoon, the USAAF raided Münster and Osnabrück, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3270&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-15/styled-21/styled-95/index.html
Aircrew Remembrance Society - Luftwaffe losses
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Nov-2017 12:55 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2018 21:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2019 17:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 27-Mar-2020 13:57 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 07-Dec-2023 15:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
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