ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245073
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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
| Time: | 19:29 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./NJG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 720008 |
| MSN: | C9+IS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 km southeast of Königsberg-Neumark airfield (now Chojna) -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Königsberg-Neumark airfield |
| Königsberg-Neumark airfield |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Berlin.
The aircraft crashed immediately after taking off in low cloud and fog. There were no survivors amongst the crew:
(FF) Oblt. Ulrich Wulff
(Bf) Ofw. Heinz Leyk
(Bm) Fw. Anton Kurz
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
GQM (#12-24); NVM (NJG5_III_012)
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fliegerhorst_K%C3%B6nigsberg-Neumark
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2020 15:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Sep-2022 09:32 | JF | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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