ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216859
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4866 |
| MSN: | G9+GK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near de Demer at Bilzen, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield (NL) |
Luftkampf mit B-17, Absturz inf. Jägerbeschuß. Daylight operation against USAAF bombers that were on their way back from Schweinfurt, Germany. The night fighter formation of I./NJG 1 was bounced by P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56FG.
Damage: 100%
Crew:
Flugzeugführer: Unteroffizier Bernhard Oldenhove - severely injured, died of wounds in hospital at Hasselt
Bordfunker: Unteroffizier Herbert Strauch - killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Deutsche Luftwaffe Verluste nach Flugzeugtypen Teil 3 by Michael Balss
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/bf-110-bij-bilzen
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 January 1943 | 4752 | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | Lopikerkapel, Utrecht |  |
w/o |
| 3 February 1943 | 4013 | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | near 'De Blauwe Kamp' farm, Zoelen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 17 October 1943 | 4379 | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | Grubbenvorst, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2018 08:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-Jul-2019 14:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 15:16 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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