ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226096
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| Date: | Saturday 14 June 1941 |
| Time: | 01:25 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0550 |
| MSN: | R4+DM, weisse D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Narborough, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Brest (France) and Schwerte (Germany).
The aircraft was shot down by a Beaufighter night fighter of 25 Squadron RAF, flown by the Pleasance/Bent crew. The crew bailed out. The Bordfunker however, did not survive:
Flugzeugführer - Unteroffizier Richard Hoffmann - prisoner of war
Bordfunker - Gefreiter Johann Reisinger - killed
Bordschütze - Feldwebel Peter Mayer - prisoner of war
Sources:
- GQM (#3-5); Blitz T&N, s.44; Balss, PV, s.21; Rökker, I./NJG 2, s.216
- Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2019 08:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Mar-2020 09:45 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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