ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231110
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| Date: | Thursday 20 January 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 R-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab/NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | R4+AA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Erfurt-Bindersleben airfield, Thüringen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
The regular mount of Major Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was substantially damaged in an encounter with an RAF heavy bomber. This was probably 419 Squadron Halifax DT731.
About six feet of wing were cut off by one of the bomber's propellors.
The highly decorated ace performed a belly-landing at the airfield.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
Williston, Through Footless Halls of Air, s.85
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2019 15:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Jan-2020 09:04 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2020 22:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2020 18:28 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Mar-2022 08:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
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