ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239793
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 6318 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 km southeast of Mainz-Finthen airfield, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mainz-Finthen airfield (takeoff around 23:50-55 hrs) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg) and Ludwigshafen (Rheinland-Pfalz).
The aircraft crashed following an explosion, due to an unknown cause.
(FF) Leutnant Otto Blohm / killed
(Bs) Unteroffizier Emil Scholz / killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
GQM (#11-21); NVM (NJG6_I_003); Kock, KTB NJG6, page 10
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 19:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
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