ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249853
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| Date: | Sunday 1 October 1944 |
| Time: | 20:41 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 219 A-0 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab I./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 190194 |
| MSN: | G9+CL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Münster-Handorf airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Münster-Handorf airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
The aircraft had taken off for a trial flight to test a new infra-red blind landing system. It crashed into stone heaps near the runway while performing a touch-and-go landing and burned. Both crew members were killed:
(FF) Hauptmann Paul Förster - Kommandeur of I./NJG 1
(Bf) Oberleutnant Fritz-Konrad Apel - Nachrichtenoffizier and Bordfunker in I./NJG 1
Sources:
NVM (NJG1_I_090); Balss, Personalverluste
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2021 09:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
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