ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 257457
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:10 claim |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 440348 |
| MSN: | G9+EN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Birresborn area, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Düsseldorf airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
The aircraft was shot down by the crew of 85 Squadron Mosquito ‘D’, who claimed a Bf110 shot down near Koblenz at 23:10 hrs.
(FF) Oblt. Gottfried Hanneck / parachute jump, severe burns to his face and hands / Staffelkapitän 5./NJG 1
(Bf) Uffz. Erich Sacher / killed
(Bf) Uffz. Wilhelm Wurschitz / killed {served as gunner during the sortie}
Sources:
NVM (NJG1_II_093); Balss, PV; FB 03/2011, page 94 (052/11)
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-May-2021 14:07 | TigerTimon | Added |
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