ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226913
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| Date: | Sunday 6 July 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-7 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3607 |
| MSN: | G9+DH |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Gruitrode, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield (NL) |
The aircraft was substantially damaged (50%) in a belly-landing following aerial combat with 58 Squadron Whitley Z6555.
The pilot, Unteroffizier Macke was unharmed but his Bordfunker (radio operator) Unteroffizier Kabon was wounded.
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Münster, Osnabrück and Bielefeld in Germany.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/messerschmitt-bf-110-bij-gruitrode
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 1943 | 5307 | 1./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2019 08:46 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Jul-2019 09:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2020 16:36 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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