ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51769
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| Date: | Sunday 13 June 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 5 (detached to 12./NJG 1) Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5427 |
| MSN: | C9+AK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bergervaart, Bergen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden airfield |
Following aerial combat with RAF four-engined bombers, the pilot, Oberleutnant Ernst-Georg Drünkler, crash-landed the aircraft. As can be seen in the picture, the Messerschmitt slid into the Bergervaart canalized stream and was a write-off (80%).
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Bochum, Germany.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2461&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Howdi Colour Recovery, Colourisation & Image Repair
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 April 1944 | 720221 | 2./NJG 5 Luftwaffe | 1 | Achim, Börßum, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Images:
Colourised by Howdi Colour Recovery, Colourisation & Image Repair - used with permission.
Original black-white. Credit: the Bundesarchive.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Jun-2018 08:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2018 08:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-May-2019 19:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 03-May-2019 19:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Photo] |
| 13-Dec-2019 21:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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