ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267775
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| Date: | Sunday 31 December 1944 |
| Time: | 18:24 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 219 A-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 290194 |
| MSN: | G9+KL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schleiden (SW of Abtei Mariawald at Heimbach), Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Münster-Handorf airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided the railway yards at Osterfeld in the Ruhr.
The aircraft was intercepted by the Flight Lieutenants Mellows & Drew of 169 Squadron RAF (detached to 85 Squadron RAF) in Mosquito NF.30 MT491 with call sign 'E'.
The Heinkel was raked by cannon fire causing a fire to break out in the fuselage. The crew then ejected from the burning fighter, wounded:
(FF) Oberleutnant Oloff, Heinz
(Bf) Feldwebel Fischer, Helmut
The crew did not return to flying duties until February 21st.
Sources:
'He 219' by R. Francis Ferguson (2020)
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
NVM (NJG1_I_105); Balss, Personalverluste; FB 04/2011, page 112 (136/11)
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| 22 July 1944 | 190185 | 3./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Berliner Straße, Schleswig | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2021 15:08 | TigerTimon | Added |
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