ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53467
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| Date: | Saturday 21 December 1940 |
| Time: | 22:00 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0182 |
| MSN: | R4+TH, weisse T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Snijders-Chaam hamlet, Chaam, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
The aircraft crashed on approach to Gilze-Rijen airfield, after returning from a bombing attack over southeastern England. The crew rests in Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg).
Flugzeugführer / Gfr. K. Ludischer
Bordfunker / Gfr. F. Rohde
Bordschütze / Gfr. H. Dempewolf
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0928&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
GQM (#2-3); Intruders Over Britain, page 181; BoB:The Forgotten Months, page 199
https://www.bhic.nl/ontdekken/verhalen/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-chaam-1940-1945
Google Maps
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The grave of Gefreiter Kurt Ludischer of the 1./NJG 2. Ludischer was the Flugzeugfuehrer of the Junkers Ju 88C with Wnr. 0182 and hull code R4+TH who crashed near De Heen in the night of 21 to 22 December 1941 because of 'unfreiwilliger Bodenberuehrung'. Also the other two occupants, Gefreiter F. Rohde (Bordfunker) and Gefreiter H. Dempewolf (Bordschütze) were killed. All three are now buried in the war cemetery of Ysselsteyn. Collection Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Feb-2015 09:03 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2018 10:02 | Ronny68 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2020 17:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Accident report, Photo] |
| 13-Nov-2020 09:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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