ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267406
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| Date: | Saturday 4 November 1944 |
| Time: | 20:35 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 180408 |
| MSN: | G9+BN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rhine river at Düsseldorf-Urdenbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Düsseldorf airfield |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Bochum and the Dortmund-Ems canal at Ladbergen.
The aircraft was intercepted by the crew of Squadron Leader Burbridge & Flight Lieutenant Skelton of 85 Squadron RAF based at RAF Swannington, flying Mosquito 'Y'.
(FF) Oberleutnant Ernst Runze / killed
(Bf) Obergefreiter Karl-Heinz Bendfeld / parachute jump, wounded
(Bs) N.N. / parachute jump
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
NVM (NJG1_II_099); Balss, Personalverluste
Google Maps
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/85_wwII.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1941 | 3912 | 5./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | near Stade airfield, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2021 19:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Sep-2021 07:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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