ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232068
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| Date: | Thursday 2 March 1944 |
| Time: | 02:20 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 740171 |
| MSN: | G9+EK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Petites-Tailles, W of Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield (NL) |
The port engine of the Messerschmitt failed during a descent through cloud, which caused the aircraft to crash.
The Bordfunker (radio operator) Unteroffizier Josef Schaffer perished in the crash, while Leutnant Heinz Oloff was severely injured. The damage was assessed at 90%.
Uffz. Schaffer was laid to rest at the 'Heldenfriedhof' cemetery at Houx, Yvoir, province of Namur. Lt. Oloff was taken to the Lazarett (hospital) of Sankt Vith, province of Liège.
The aircraft had taken off at 01:06 hrs for a Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Stuttgart in Germany.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/bf-110-bij-bihain
Balss, PV; Balss, MV, s.303
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 July 1941 | 3161 | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Blerick, Venlo, Limburg |  |
sub |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2020 21:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Mar-2020 15:52 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 01:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Nov-2022 00:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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