Accident Messerschmitt Bf 110C-2 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195600
 
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Date:Sunday 10 March 1940
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic me11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 110C-2
Owner/operator:Stab II./ZG 1 Luftwaffe
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Garz, Usedom, Pommern -   Germany
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On 10 March 1940 a Bf 110 C-2 of Stab II./ZG 1 crashed and burned near its base of Garz, after diving from a great altitude. Both crew, Oblt Gerhard Jahny (pilot) and Fw Eugen Ehrhardt (gunner), were killed.

Sources:

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=8704
http://www.ww2.dk/air/zerstorer/zg1.htm
http://www.volksbund.de/index.php?id=1775&tx_igverlustsuche_pi2[gid]=082959a6f97170a438adaf6bd91a220f
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flughafen_Heringsdorf
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=53.878706&lon=14.152347&z=12&m=w

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-May-2017 13:58 Laurent Rizzotti Added
13-Dec-2017 13:33 Laurent Rizzotti Updated [Aircraft type]
26-Jan-2020 17:00 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Jul-2022 06:06 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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