ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244936
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 August 1943 |
| Time: | 17:35 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5551 |
| MSN: | G9+BL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Flémalle, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield, the Netherlands |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this day, the USAAF raided Schweinfurt and Regensburg in Germany.
110's of I./NJG 1 were scrambled from Venlo just after 17:00 hrs. The night fighter formation was bounced by P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56FG on approaching the tail-end formation of Fortresses in the Vaals-Tongeren area.
(FF) Leutnant Josef Nabrich / bailed out by parachute
(Bf) Unteroffizier Fritz Heim / killed
Sources:
GQM (#11-20); NVM (NJG1_I_039); Balss, MV, s.185
Google Maps
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/messerschmitt-bf-110-bij-flemalle
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 1942 | 2694 | 3./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | 5475 | 3./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | east of Elsendorp, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 26 November 1943 | 5455 | 3./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 3 | Wachtendonk, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2020 18:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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