ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 260539
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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1944 |
| Time: | 02:00 approx |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 140763 |
| MSN: | G9+HN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Plombières and Hombourg, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Düsseldorf airfield, Germany |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
The aircraft was hit by ‘friendly’ Flak and subsequently abandoned by parachute after running low on fuel to the SW of Aachen at 02:00 hrs.
(FF) Leutnant Krohm, Gerhard / prisoner of war
(Bf) Gefr. Schoenemann, Karl-Heinz / prisoner of war
(Bs) Ogfr. Labida / evaded capture
The crew had been briefed for low-level harassing strafing attacks on Allied rolling stock in the area of Liège, Namur, Sint-Truiden and Hasselt, and had left Düsseldorf between 22:39 and 23:01 hrs.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
NVM (NJG1_II_096, NJG1_II_097); Balss, Personalverluste
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 September 1942 | 2683 | 5./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | Marbais, Villers-la-Ville, Walloon Brabant | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2021 09:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-May-2021 09:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 02:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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