ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245095
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| Date: | Thursday 20 January 1944 |
| Time: | 22:07 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab II./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 720180 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Castroper Straße 12, Herne, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Berlin.
While flying at a height of 4,500 metres, the aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed without survivors. The Flak units were not warned of the enemy raid.
(FF) Leutnant Heinrich Höppner
(Bf) Unteroffizier Alfons Löw
(Bs) Obergefreiter Herbert Schänzer
Sources:
NVM (NJG1_II_073); Balss, PV, page 196
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2020 18:54 | TigerTimon | Added |
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