ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244941
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 August 1943 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Erg.St./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5590 |
| MSN: | R4+BA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vogelsang-Schleiden, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands |
Takeoff at 15:00 hrs for a Feindflug (operational sortie). On this day, the USAAF raided Schweinfurt and Regensburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by '5 or 6 English fighters at 5,500 metres over the Eifel', as noted by Leutnant Siegfried Elsässer. The crew escaped the burning aircraft by parachute.
The pilot suffered burns on face and wrist and had an explosive round in his left foot.
The Bordfunker Unteroffizier Heinz Gimlik was severely injured too.
Sources:
GQM (#11-20); NVM (NJG2_IV_002)
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 August 1943 | 6352 | Erg.St./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 1 | Fichtenhain, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2020 19:15 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Jul-2022 21:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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