ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52874
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 00:23 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4607 |
| MSN: | G9+BH |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 km north of Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield, the Netherlands |
Takeoff at 23:20 hrs for a 'Himmelbett' patrol against the first 1000 bomber raid targeting Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft took hits from enemy fire and crashed. Both crew members rest at Ysselsteyn in Limburg, the Netherlands:
Flugzeugführer Leutnant R. Kaiser 60936/18 / grave BN-2-39
Bordfunker Gefreiter H. Thomas / grave BN-2-43
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1550&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1941 | 2191 | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | east of Leeuwarden, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 9 July 1943 | 6220 | 1./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Stellendam, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2017 11:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2019 22:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 21-Apr-2020 13:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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