ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231328
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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1944 |
| Time: | 23:10-50 |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 219 A-0 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab I./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 190070 |
| MSN: | G9+BB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Wörmlitz and Ziepel at Möckern, Sachsen-Anhalt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield (NL) |
Takeoff for a Feindflug (operational sortie). On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Magdeburg in Sachsen-Anhalt.
To the east of Magdeburg, the aircraft collided with Lancaster W4852 of 15 Squadron RAF in the hands of Pilot Officer Robert John Butler.
There were no survivors amongst the two crews, the wreckages lying only a few hundred metres apart.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer / Hauptmann Manfred Meurer / Eichenlaubträger and Gruppenkommandeur I./NJG 1 / killed
Bordfunker / Oberfeldwebel Gerhard Scheibe / Ritterkreuzträger / killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W4852
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2019 18:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Dec-2019 18:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2019 11:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 15-Jan-2020 11:14 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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