ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248369
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Date: | Monday 21 February 1944 |
Time: | 04:20 LT |
Type: | Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
Owner/operator: | 3./Nachtjagdgruppe 10 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 740207 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Berlin-Buchholz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Finsterwalde airfield in Brandenburg (base) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft fell burning from the sky after being hit by 'friendly' Flak.
The aircraft was evacuated by the crew at an altitude of just 200 metres.
(FF) Oberleutnant Wilhelm Martin / bailed out, wounded
(Bf) Leutnant Friedrich Traub / killed
(Bw) Obergefreiter Erich Beykirch / bailed out, wounded
Sources:
Balss, MV, page 301
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgruppen/NJGr10.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Mar-2021 11:59 |
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01-Mar-2021 12:01 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
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