ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199231
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| Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab III./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 360181 |
| MSN: | R4+CT |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On the night of 28-29 August, RAF Bomber Command raided Saarbrücken & Nürnberg, both in Germany.
This Nachtjagd crew were surprised in a 23 Squadron Mosquito attack over Gilze-Rijen. An engine was set on fire and all three sustained injuries:
Flugzeugführer / Hptm. E. Simon
Bordfunker / Uffz. H. Borgböhmer
Bordschütze / Fw. E. Schröder
The damage was assessed as 10%.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0358&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 January 1944 | 751017 | 9./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 2 | near Bad Bentheim, GB, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2017 11:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Sep-2019 17:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Dec-2019 21:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-May-2020 15:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 10:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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