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Date: | Wednesday 27 December 1944 |
Time: | 22:25 LT |
Type: | Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 620591 |
MSN: | 4R+*L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Kaldenkirchen, Nettetal, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Twente airfield, the Netherlands |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft had become airborne at about 21:00 hrs, for an operation against rail and road traffic in the Antwerpen area.
The Junkers fell victim to a 409 Squadron RCAF Mosquito NF.XIII operating from B.51 Lille-Vendeville (France).
(FF) Uffz. Schlichter, Artur / slight injuries
(Bf) Ogfr. Keßler, Manfred / slight injuries
(Bf) N.N.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
NVM (NJG2_I_076); Rökker, I./NJG2, pages 120, 236
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http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/409_wwII.html Revision history:
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16-Sep-2021 09:25 |
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16-Sep-2021 09:26 |
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