Incident Junkers Ju 87D ,
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Date:Sunday 17 December 1944
Time:20:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ju87 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Junkers Ju 87D
Owner/operator:1./NSGr. 1 Luftwaffe
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Krefeld airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Krefeld airfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Bf 110 G-4 G9+DS crashed into the aircraft which stood at the take-off point and was loaded with bombs, as a result of an error by traffic control.
The pilot of the Junkers was killed when the starboard engine of the 110 smashed into the cabin. It is not clear whether the Bordfunker was killed too. According to the Bordfunker of the 110 both crew were killed.

The Messerschmitt crew was injured.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
Möller, NSGr, page 210

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Jul-2021 17:55 TigerTimon Added
05-Jun-2022 17:53 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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