ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226161
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| Date: | Monday 16 June 1941 |
| Time: | 03:18 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 D-0 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | G9+DM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | over the North Sea west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bergen airfield (NL) |
Over the North Sea, the night fighter fought a combat with 218 Squadron RAF Wellington W5447. The aircraft was hit by seven machine gun bullets. The RAF aircraft escaped. The pilot, Leutnant Leopold Fellerer and his Bordfunker, Oberfeldwebel Hätscher, safely returned to Bergen airfield.
On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Köln, Düsseldorf and Hannover in Germany.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 October 1943 | 740001 | 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Rheine airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 20 May 1944 | 5671 | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 3 | Grubbenvorst, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 22 May 1944 | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | south of Verden, Niedersachsen | |
w/o | |
| 18 December 1944 | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Nordrhein-Westfalen (near the border with Limburg NLD) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jun-2019 19:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 14-Jun-2019 19:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2020 09:45 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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