ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231818
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Luftbeobachtungsstaffel 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 720113 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kardenhövel near Reifferscheid, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield (NL) |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
At dawn, the aircraft was severely damaged in an emergency-landing after running out of fuel, with Flak damage sustained over the Ruhr. The three crew members were injured.
The damage was assessed at 60%.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
NVM; Info Güth (Teffen Axel Paul/Tritschler)
http://ww2.dk/air/njagd/luftb3.htm
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2019 15:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Dec-2019 15:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Feb-2020 10:20 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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