ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249701
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| Date: | Sunday 23 April 1944 |
| Time: | 02:06 claim |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 720221 |
| MSN: | C9+AK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Achim, Börßum, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Stendal airfield, Sachsen-Anhalt |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Braunschweig in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was shot up by the mid-upper gunner of 106 Squadron Lancaster ND331, who claimed an ‘Me 109’ shot down in flames south of Braunschweig at 02.06 hrs.
Leutnant Robert Wolf was killed, his crew managed to escape by parachute.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
NVM (NJG5_I_038)
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1943 | 5427 | 2./NJG 5 (detached to 12./NJG 1) Luftwaffe | 0 | Bergervaart, Bergen, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Apr-2021 10:18 | TigerTimon | Added |
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