ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223733
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 April 1941 |
| Time: | 22:30 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0776 |
| MSN: | R4+CM, weisse C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Oakham, Rutland, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
Feindflug (operational sortie).
The aircraft was shot down by Beaufighter coded R2122 of 25 Squadron RAF, flown by Bennett & Curtiss.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer - Franz Brotz - killed
Bordfunker - Unteroffizier Willi Lindla - bailed out, POW
Bordmechaniker - Gefreiter Ewald Gorlt - bailed out, POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
LW Losses by Michael Balss
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 September 1941 | 592 | 4./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 3 | North Sea 50 km east of Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2019 20:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Apr-2019 06:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 26-Feb-2020 08:51 | Iwosh | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Feb-2020 08:52 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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