ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245035
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| Date: | Saturday 9 October 1943 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | I./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5655 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Storstrømmen 150 metres off Vordingborg, Sjælland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wittstock-Dosse airfield, Germany |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this day, the USAAF raided four targets in East Prussia and Poland.
The Bf 110 was ditched in four feet of water due to engine failure at 14:30 hours.
The crew was found standing on the wings of the Bf 110 by the Danish police and taken ashore.
They were unharmed but the aircraft was 50% damaged.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/g1943159.shtml
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Nov-2020 18:17 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Nov-2020 18:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2021 15:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
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