ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230430
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| Date: | Sunday 22 August 1943 |
| Time: | 23:59 LT |
| Type: | Messerschmitt Me 410 A-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 14./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0228 |
| MSN: | U5 + EE |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 25 miles NE of Foreness Point, NE of Margate, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cambrai-Épinoy airfield (F) |
Feindflug - operational sortie. The aircraft had taken off for an intruder operation over Eastern England.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Johann Oertel. 57359/278. Missing.
Born 27.10.1919 in Weiden.
Radio/Op: Feldwebel. Martin Kuefner. 57359/339. Missing.
Born 04.07.1917 in Bindlach Krs. Bayreuth.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was intercepted and shot down by F/L C. Kirkland and P/O R. C. Raspin in a Mosquito of No.29 Squadron.
Sources:
1.Luftwaffe losses aircrewremembrancesociety3.com
2.http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kampfgeschwader/KG2.htm
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2019 21:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Mar-2020 15:18 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator] |
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