Accident Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-4 4745,
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Date:Sunday 3 January 1943
Time:20:55
Type:Silhouette image of generic me11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-4
Owner/operator:6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe
Registration: 4745
MSN: G9+DP
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:3 km west of Tongeren, Limburg -   Belgium
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield (B)
Destination airport:St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed while coming in to land, due to technical problems. Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Essen, Germany.
The crew was initially buried at Brustem. Now the crew rests on the German War Cemetery Lommel.
Wolf had one victory to his name: a Wellington shot down on 01-08-42.

Crew:
Flugzeugführer Oberleutnant Ludwig Wolf / grave: Block 21 Grab 141
Bordfunker Feldwebel Ernst Kurz / grave: Block 21 Grab 155

Sources:

https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/messerschmitt-bf-110-bij-tongeren
Deutsche Luftwaffe Verluste nach Flugzeugtypen Teil 3 by Michael Balss
https://books.google.nl/books?id=_AP4QkYQZY8C&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=ludwig+becker+claims&source=bl&ots=6381-i5z5M&sig=cyAtM_G79_8dz9qi201QVSCAkRM&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5xIXt7rvYAhUC66QKHS5eAOcQ6AEINDAB#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/detailansicht.html?tx_igverlustsuche_pi2%5Bgid%5D=d84858b6cccb2217d93782708d046e0d&cHash=5d98276a17710ef32eaa6ca0bbf522cb

http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/detailansicht.html?tx_igverlustsuche_pi2%5Bgid%5D=e128a24de27e2366c0bb3045781454c7&cHash=259927c925ca87a1e790852264e993d8

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 October 1942 2685 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe 0 2 km N of Sint-Antonius, Zoersel, Antwerp w/o
Collision with pole or wires

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Jan-2018 14:34 TigerTimon Added
01-Jul-2018 07:19 ehren69 Updated [Source]
25-Oct-2018 08:49 TigerTimon Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Oct-2018 11:07 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
16-Jan-2020 08:37 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
24-Mar-2020 11:08 DB Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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