ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266178
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| Date: | Sunday 17 December 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 620424 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Steinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield, the Netherlands |
Operation - Nachtschlacht. The crew was briefed to bomb and strafe Allied forces in the Maastricht area.
The aircraft was evacuated by parachute due to engine damage.
Bordfunker Unteroffizier Walter Münch left the aircraft but did not survive.
Sources:
NVM (NJG2_I_073); Rökker, I./NJG2, pages 119, 236
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2021 14:54 | TigerTimon | Added |
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