ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266196
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| Date: | Sunday 17 December 1944 |
| Time: | 21:45 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | 4R+BK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Twente Airfield, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield |
Operation - Nachtschlacht. The crew was briefed to bomb and strafe Allied forces in the Maastricht area.
Oberleutnant Karl Bühler had taken off at 20:30 hrs, and later noted in his Flugbuch, ‘Special mission. Target road traffic near Sittard with two 250 AB bombs. 80% damage on landing at 21:45 hrs due to collision with aircraft of our Kommodore’.
The two AB250 containers were filled with SD2 anti-personnel bombs.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 May 1944 | 2./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | Langensalza airfield, Thüringen |  |
sub | |
| 29 November 1944 | 620282 | 2./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 1 | Issum, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2021 18:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 31-Jul-2021 18:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 15:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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