ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269356
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 03:12 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | G9+FK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Gilze-Rijen Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield |
Feindflug. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Köln in Germany.
Leutnant Heinz Oloff and Unteroffizier Josef Schaffer were engaging a Lancaster bomber in the Den Haag area (Zuid-Holland), the pilot saying at 02:51 hrs "Hostile in burning", stating one minute later: "My port engine is u/s".
The crew then returned to Gilze where they performed a belly-landing. The damage was assessed as 15%.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0555&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 October 1940 | 3620 | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | Siems, Gardelegen, Sachsen-Anhalt |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2021 18:49 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Jun-2022 05:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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