ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227755
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| Date: | Saturday 24 August 1940 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 A-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./KG 76 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | F1+*M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel off Manston, Ramsgate, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Creil airfield, France |
On an operation against RAF Manston, the aircraft was shot down by Hawker Hurricane Mk I fighters of 501 Squadron RAF which were based at RAF Gravesend.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. J. Krüll 60554/30 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; BF-4-89 - washed up Haamstede (Zeeland, the Netherlands)
Beobachter Uffz. E. Dubs Luftwaffe - missing in action
Bordfunker Uffz. H. Freimann Luftwaffe - missing in action
Bordschütze Uffz. H. Fröba Luftwaffe - missing in action
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0790D&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/501_wwII.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2019 05:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Dec-2019 15:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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