ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231819
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| Date: | Sunday 20 February 1944 |
| Time: | 03:40 approx |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 10./NJG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 720225 |
| MSN: | C9+EU |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Autobahn near Wenzlow, Brandenburg -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brandis airfield, Sachsen |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided aircraft assembly factories at Leipzig in Sachsen.
The aircraft was shot down in return fire from the rear gunner of 49 Squadron Lancaster ND533.
(FF) Feldwebel Josef Handing / killed
(Bf) Unteroffizier Rudolf Scholze / killed
(Bs) Gefreiter Otto Thielcke / killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
NVM (NJG5_IV_025)
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG5.htm
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| 10 December 1943 | 5545 | 10./NJG 5 Luftwaffe | 3 | 5 km southeast of Harzgerode, Sachsen-Anhalt | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2019 15:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Feb-2020 20:43 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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