ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235348
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 E-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3818 |
| MSN: | G9+?? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Sint-Truiden Airfield, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Köln in Germany.
Bauchlandung infolge Feindbeschuß. Leutnant Franz Brinkhaus performed a belly-landing on one engine after the aircraft was hit by return fire from 405 Squadron Halifax W7707.
The damage was assessed as 15%.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Balss, MV, page 74
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 October 1940 | 3538 | II./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland |  |
sub |
| 26 October 1940 | 3599 | I./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland | |
sub |
| 2 June 1942 | 3192 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Twente Airfield, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 7 September 1943 | 4877 | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Schleissheim airfield, Bayern |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2020 13:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2022 14:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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