ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53276
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| Date: | Friday 25 July 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-7 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2075 |
| MSN: | G9+JM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near De Cocksdorp, Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bergen airfield (NL) |
Following engine failure, the pilot, Unteroffizier Heinz Vinke, force-landed the aircraft in a wheat field. Before that, he had given the order to his Bordfunker (radio operator) Unteroffizier Gerhard Schlein, to bail out. However, the parachute did not fully deploy and he fell to his death. He rests in Ysselsteyn cemetery. Uffz. Vinke suffered a broken spine in the belly-landing and spend the next seven months in hospital.
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Kiel and Emden, Germany.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1140&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Jul-2019 10:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2019 10:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2020 16:40 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 18:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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