ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232346
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:40 approx |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 740163 |
| MSN: | G9+GR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grabenstetten, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Laon-Athies airfield (F) |
The aircraft was hit by accurate gunfire from an RAF heavy bomber, which killed the Bordfunker (radio operator) Unteroffizier Josef Seiferling. The other two managed to escape by parachute:
(FF) Unteroffizier Heinz Amsberg / injured
(Bs) Gefreiter Kopperberg
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
NVM (NJG1_III_060); Balss, PV
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 October 1943 | 6347 | 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | Odeur, Crisnée, Liège |  |
w/o |
| 24 July 1944 | 730117 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | 5 km N of Deelen Airfield, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 24 December 1944 | 730371 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Seppenrade, Lüdinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2020 20:25 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Feb-2020 20:48 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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