ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195837
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:32 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110D |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3192 |
| MSN: | G9+?? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Twente Airfield, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield (NL) |
One of Nachtjagd's seasoned aces was killed on landing at Twente airfield. Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf was caught by an intruding Hurricane from 3 Squadron RAF. While getting lined up for landing, it was damaged by the RAF fighter and crashed into a row of parked aircraft at 02:32 hrs.
Bf 110 W.Nr. 3192 was assessed as 60% damaged.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1563A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 October 1940 | 3538 | II./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland | |
sub |
| 26 October 1940 | 3599 | I./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland | |
sub |
| 31 May 1942 | 3818 | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Sint-Truiden Airfield, Limburg |  |
sub |
| 7 September 1943 | 4877 | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Schleissheim airfield, Bayern |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2017 07:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Jun-2017 08:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2019 17:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2020 14:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 14:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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