ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 93016
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| Date: | Thursday 2 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Messerschmitt Me 410 A-1/U4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./ZG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 420491 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen airfield, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Oberpfaffenhofen airfield (G) |
In February 1944, II./ZG 26 started to re-equip with the Me 410 A-1/U-4, bearing the 50-mm gun BK 5 for bomber interception. The 5. Staffel was the first to receive it at the start of the month after moving to Oberpfaffenhofen. The 6. Staffel only arrived there for conversion at the end of the month.
On 2 March 1944, 6./ZG 26 suffered its first loss since its arrival when the Me 410 A-1/U-4 WNr 420491 crashed and overturned on landing on Oberpfaffenhofen airfield. The pilot, Uffz Werner Liebau, was killed while his radio, Uffz Franz Temme, was only slightly wounded.
Sources:
"Luftwaffe im Focus n° 17" (2010)
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=8590
http://www.ww2.dk/oob/bestand/zerst/biizg26.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugplatz_Oberpfaffenhofen
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2020 15:27 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2020 15:51 | DB | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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