ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232114
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| Date: | Monday 6 March 1944 |
| Time: | 14:00 approx |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5444 |
| MSN: | C9+GM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ladeburg, Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Parchim airfield, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
The aircraft was brought down by the withering, concentrated defensive fire from a formation of B-17s.
Crew:
(FF) Oberleutnant Viktor Sorko / killed / Staffelkapitän 4./NJG 5
(Bf) Unteroffizier Franz Hucke / killed
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this afternoon, the USAAF carried out Mission 250:
504 B-17s and 226 B-24s are dispatched to hit industrial areas in the suburbs of Berlin; fierce fighter opposition claims 69 bombers (the highest number lost by the Eighth Air Force in a single day) and 11 fighters; the bombers claim 97-28-60 Luftwaffe fighters; details are:
1. 248 B-17s hit secondary targets in the Berlin area; 18 B-17s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 172 damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 8 WIA and 184 MIA.
2. 226 B-17s hit targets of opportunity at Templin, Verden, Kalkeberge, Potsdam, Oranienburg and Wittenberg; 35 B-17s are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 121 damaged; casualties are 15 WIA and 354 MIA.
3. 198 B-24s hit the primary target (Genshagen industrial area), secondary targets in the Berlin area and targets of opportunity at Potsdam; 16 B-24s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 54 damaged; casualties are 15 KIA, 8 WIA and 148 MIA.
Escort is provided by 86 P-38s, 615 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-47s and 100 Eighth and Ninth Air Force P-51s; results are:
1. P-38s claim 3-0-1 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 P-38 is lost, the pilot is MIA.
2. P-47s claim 36-7-12 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 P-47s are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 4 damaged; casualties are 2 WIA and 5 MIA.
3. P-51s claim 43-1-20 Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 P-51s are lost and 2 damaged; casualties are 5 MIA. The fighters also claim 1-0-12 Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground. Mission 251: 5 of 5 B-17s drop 250 bundles of leaflets on Nantes, Cambrai, Lille, Chateauroux and Lorient, France at 2029-2130 hours without loss.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
NVM (NJG5_II_019)
Google Maps
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2020 08:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 14-Jan-2020 08:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2020 20:46 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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