ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231658
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 February 1944 |
| Time: | 22:15 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 740013 |
| MSN: | G9+BR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Liebenwalde, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield (NL) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Berlin.
The aircraft was damaged in return fire from an RAF bomber and crashed.
Gunners on board 156 Squadron Lancaster JB444 claimed an Me 110 destroyed and saw their quarry exploding in mid-air north of Neuruppin.
The crew did not survive:
(FF) Unteroffizier Albert Reinhardt / killed
(Bf) Gefreiter Fritz Sommerfeldt / killed
(Bs) Gefreiter Gerhard Löffner / killed
Sources:
NVM (NJG1_III_058); Balss, PV, s.214
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 May 1944 | 730096 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 3 | Philisteinsche Polder, Bergen, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2019 18:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Dec-2019 20:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2020 10:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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