Accident Junkers Ju 88 C-2 0227,
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Date:Thursday 9 January 1941
Time:22:28 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ju88 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Junkers Ju 88 C-2
Owner/operator:3./NJG 2 Luftwaffe
Registration: 0227
MSN: R4+CL, gelbe C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea off the English coast -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The Junkers is missing from a Fernnachtjagd operation to England, following being hit by British AAA.
On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Unteroffizier Otto Kräher - missing in action
Bordfunker - Unteroffizier Martin Stachowski - killed
Bordschütze - Unteroffizier Josef Diwok - killed

Sources:

LW Losses by Michael Balss
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Apr-2019 17:54 TigerTimon Added
22-Feb-2020 09:54 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator]

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