ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192704
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| Date: | Monday 10 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 A-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 11./KG 30 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bjørnkær Farm southeast of Biersted -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aalborg/West airfield |
Early in the afternoon of 10 January 1944 two Ju 88A-4 of 11./KG 30 (WNr unknown) collided in the air over the northwestern dispersal area of Fliegerhorst Aalborg West. One crashed to the ground in a small forest belonging to Bjørnkær Farm southeast of Biersted, the other crashed to the ground in a field belonging to Skavgaard Farm, southwest of Nørre Halne. In both cases the aircraft were 100% destroyed and the four crew were killed.
One of these aircraft was flown by Feldwebel Wilhelm Ziegler (pilot), Unteroffizier Johann Uciechowski (navigator), Gefreiter Hans Möhlenberg (radio) and Gefreiter Dietrich Spannowski (flight engineer). The other crew was Unteroffizier Walter Hartmann (pilot), Gefreiter Eberhard Eggers (navigator), Gefreiter Rudolf Metzner (radio) and Gefreiter Kurt Carlsen (flight engineer).
It is not known for certain which aircraft crashed where. All were laid to rest in Frederikshavn cemetery on 14 January.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/g1944004.shtml
http://www.flensted.eu.com/g1944003.shtml
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biersted
http://www.maplandia.com/denmark/nordjylland/aabybro/biersted/
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kampfgeschwader/KG30.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2017 09:44 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 21-Jan-2019 12:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source] |
| 09-Dec-2019 10:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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