ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267727
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| Date: | Sunday 24 December 1944 |
| Time: | 19:05 claim |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 740162 |
| MSN: | G9+CT |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schallemich (near), Odenthal, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Störmede near Geseke / Westfalia |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Bonn-Hangelar airfield and Köln/Nippes.
Squadron Leader Doleman DFC and his radar operator F/Lt. Bunch DFC in Mosquito NF.XIX TA404 of 157 Squadron RAF claimed a victory over a Bf 110 near Köln at 19:05 hrs.
The aircraft was flown by Hauptmann Heinz Strüning, an Eichenlaubträger with 54 confirmed (and two unconfirmed) night victories. On baling out of his flaming fighter, Strüning hit the tail unit of the Messerschmitt and was killed.
(Bf) Leutnant Fechner, Adalbert / parachute jump, slight injuries
(Bs) Gefreiter Weber, Alfred / parachute jump, slight injuries
Strüning was one of the pioneers in Nachtjagd, having scored his first victory as a Feldwebel, on the night of 23-24 November 1940 during a Fernnachtjagd (long range night fighting) operation from Gilze-Rijen, flying the Junkers Ju 88C.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
NVM (NJG1_III_097); Balss, Personalverluste
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | 4228 | 9./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Twente Airfield, Overijssel |  |
sub |
| 24 July 1942 | 4228 | 9./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | Casimirlaan 15-17, Ugchelen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2021 08:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Dec-2021 18:53 | Dr. Hans Fechner | Updated [Departure airport] |
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