ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53590
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| Date: | Friday 18 April 1941 |
| Time: | 02:20 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0732 |
| MSN: | R4+BL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dongen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
The aircraft crashed just after take off for a Fernnachtjagd operation over England and exploded.
Weather conditions on this day were, according to the KNMI meteorological station at De Bilt, temperatures of max. 16.3°C and min. 5.0°C, with a mean of 11.2°C; with 10.6 hours of sun. The maximum hourly average of wind was 6 on the scale of Beaufort.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Uffz. Willi Keller Flugzeugführer Ysselsteyn AZ 095
Bordfunker - Gefr. Gerhard Wawra Ysselsteyn AZ 097
Bordmechaniker - Uffz. Helmut Heese Ysselsteyn AZ 096
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1003A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://projects.knmi.nl/klimatologie/daggegevens/index.cgi
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Sep-2018 10:02 | Ronny68 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2019 10:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2019 10:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2020 09:14 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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