Accident Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 4858,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52020
 
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Date:Wednesday 14 April 1943
Time:08:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic me11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4
Owner/operator:11./NJG 1 Luftwaffe
Registration: 4858
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Leeuwarden Airfield, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Leeuwarden airfield
Destination airport:Leeuwarden airfield
Narrative:
Crashed during a test flight from Fliegerhorst Leeuwarden. Kuthe was an 8-victory ace.

Call Sign: G9+CY
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Oberleutnant Wolfgang Kuthe Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn AR-5-101
Beobachter Unteroffizier Helmut Bonk Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn AR-4-100
Bordfunker Obergefreiter Erich Hühn Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn AR-4-99

The three were initially buried at the Noorderbegraafplaats (Northern cemetery) of Leeuwarden.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2198&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
12-Apr-2018 19:16 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Dec-2019 20:18 Nepa Updated [Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Operator]
03-Jan-2020 15:29 TigerTimon Updated [Phase]
13-Jun-2022 23:07 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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