ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214327
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 August 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 6228 |
| MSN: | G9+BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Klein Dörgen, Haselünne, Ems, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield (NL) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On the night of 17-18 August, RAF Bomber Command raided the V-rocket weapons development centre at Peenemünde in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Shot down by a Serrate-equipped Beaufighter Mk VIf of No. 141 Squadron RAF.
Damage: 100%
The radio operator was initially buried at Enschede (the Netherlands):
Flugzeugführer Hptm. Wilhelm Dormann / bailed out by parachute, wounded
Bordfunker Ofw. F. Schmalscheidt Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn R-10-237
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2811C&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Fernando Estanislau for aircraft type
GQM (#11-20); Balss, PV
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2018 13:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 21-Jan-2019 12:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 02-May-2019 07:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 27-Sep-2020 11:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 16-Nov-2020 19:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2020 19:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2022 09:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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