ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248436
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 July 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./NJG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 480125 |
| MSN: | 2Z+SH |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield, the Netherlands (takeoff between 00:36-47 hrs) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg) and an oil target at Wanne Eickel (Ruhrgebiet).
The aircraft was shot down by 'friendly' Flak and crashed.
(FF) Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel Gustav Messerschmidt / killed
(Bf) Obergefreiter Rolf Sternberg / bailed out safely
(Bs) Feldwebel Helmut Heberle / killed
Sources:
NVM (NJG6_I_029, NJG6_I_030); Kock, KTB NJG6, page 119
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2021 20:15 | TigerTimon | Added |
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