ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267777
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| Date: | Sunday 31 December 1944 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | G9+IP |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Düsseldorf airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Düsseldorf airfield |
Took off at 18:15 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie. On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided the railway yards at Osterfeld in the Ruhr.
Upon return to Düsseldorf airfield, G9+IP was rammed by Bf 110 G-4 G9+FP and caught fire. G9+IP was classified as 90% damaged but, miraculously, both crews escaped unhurt.
(FF) Hauptmann Johannes Hager / Staffelkapitän 6./NJG 1
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five page 89
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1943 | 5356 | 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Wiesbaden-Erbenheim airfield, Hessen | |
w/o |
| 17 December 1944 | 730354 | 6./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 3 | Lage Bos at Elsloo (along the railway), Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2021 15:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
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