ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234462
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| Date: | Monday 7 July 1941 |
| Time: | 03:25 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 D-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3679 |
| MSN: | G9+HS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bentlage, Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rheine airfield (takeoff at 02:16 hrs) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Münster and Dortmund.
Hindernisberührung um 03.25 Uhr infolge Motorstörung. The aircraft collided with an obstacle due to engine trouble. The damage was assessed as 90%.
Flugzeugführer / Unteroffizier Ulrich Brückner / killed
Bordfunker / Unteroffizier Rudolf Petzold / injured
The radio operator recounted after the war:
On the return flight from a Nachteinsatz, the fuel gauge indicated that our tanks were almost empty. However, we were almost at our base and Ulli decided to take a chance. As we started the landing, one engine suddenly cut out! We took the gamble to land with that one engine, had to do a go-around and flew for the second time to the runway. During this flight, the last engine also stopped and we fell like a stone from the sky. We ended up in the middle of a forest near Rheine airfield. Unfortunately, my pilot lost his life in this accident. I myself broke some bones and had to go to the military reserve hospital in the Mathias-Spital in Rheine.
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=56788
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG1.htm
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Huzaren van de Nacht deel 1 (interview Petzold)
WASt-Gräberkarte for location
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 May 1942 | 3977 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Twente Airfield, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2020 20:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Mar-2020 20:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Source] |
| 29-Mar-2020 09:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2022 09:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2022 20:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Phase, Source] |
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