Accident Messerschmitt Bf 110 D-0 3193,
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Date:Wednesday 25 March 1942
Time:23:02 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic me11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 110 D-0
Owner/operator:4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe
Registration: 3193
MSN: G9+IM, weisse I
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:800m NW of Purnode, Yvoir, Namur -   Belgium
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield (B)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Feindflug - operational sortie. On the night of 25-26 March, RAF Bomber Command raided Essen in Germany.

The aircraft crashed due to technical problems. The starboard engine seized and smoke filled the cabin.

(FF) Leutnant Johannes Cenkier / killed
(Bf) Gefreiter Hugo Bernasko / killed

Sources:

NVM (NJG1_II_023) via Michael Balss
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
WASt-Gräberkartei

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Apr-2020 17:21 TigerTimon Added
18-Apr-2020 14:47 DG333 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
22-Mar-2022 09:10 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Location, Source]
26-Jun-2022 02:21 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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