ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272850
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 November 1943 |
| Time: | 19:04 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 A-14 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./KG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 300272 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bahnhof (railway station) Westbevern, Telgte, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Münster-Handorf airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie as a Beleuchter (flare dropping mission). On this evening, RAF Bomber Command raided Ludwigshafen am Rhein.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances. Weather conditions on this night were bad, with local fog from the ground up to 1200 metres, with icing conditions. There was no moonlight.
From 18:35 hrs, the 3. Jagd-Division began sending up night fighter aircraft against the RAF threat.
(FF) Fw. Scheumann, Willi
(B) Gefr. Kohl, Klaus
(Bf) Uffz. Blumrich, Heinz
(Bs) Ogfr. Rotermund, Heinz
Sources:
GQM (#12-23)
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
WASt-Gräberkartei (via Fold3)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2021 18:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Dec-2021 19:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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