ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245076
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| Date: | Friday 24 December 1943 |
| Time: | 05:50 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab I./NJG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5447 |
| MSN: | C9+BB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lüneburg airfield, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Stendal airfield, Sachsen-Anhalt |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Berlin.
Upon landing, the aircraft was surprised by in an attack by a 605 Squadron Mosquito. Bordfunker Unteroffizier Helmut Zimmermann was mortally injured in the gun fire.
The damage to the aircraft was assessed as 10%.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
GQM (#12-24); NVM (NJG5_I_023); Balss, PV, page 179
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG5.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2020 16:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
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