ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248527
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| Date: | Thursday 17 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:00 approx |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 140298 |
| MSN: | G9+PM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Drangstedt, Geestland, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield, the Netherlands (takeoff at around 23:15-30 hrs) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Stettin (Pommern) and Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein).
The unfortunate crew was killed when they were shot down by 'friendly' Flak:
(FF) Leutnant Richard Heuke
(Bf) Uffz. Gustav Schauf
(Bs) Ogfr. Hans-Walter Rexroth
The aircraft was a total loss (100%).
Sources:
NVM (NJG1_II_088); Balss, Personalverluste
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Volksbund - for name of Heuke
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 November 1944 | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Paderborn airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2021 11:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Mar-2021 11:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2024 19:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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