ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279530
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| Date: | Friday 5 January 1945 |
| Time: | 20:08 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 219 A-0 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 190186 |
| MSN: | G9+CK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 km south of Wesendorf, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Münster-Handorf airfield |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
(FF) Ofw. Ströhlein, Josef / killed
(Bf) Uffz. Keune, Hans / bailed out safely
From the I./NJG 1 war diary:
"Ofw. Ströhlein set a 4-motor on fire but at the same time was himself shot down. The port engine exploded at 2000 m altitude. The wireless operator bailed out and is unhurt. Likely that Ofw. Ströhlein still wanted to land the machine in Wunstorf but crashed and probably jumped from too low an altitude. He was found dead near the machine with his parachute unopened."
The aircraft was hit by 157 Squadron Mosquito TA394 (RS-A), flown by F/Lt Benson & F/Lt Brandon.
Sources:
NVM (NJG1_I_106); Balss, MV, page 359; LEMB-Forum
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
KTB I./NJG 1
Google Maps
'The Heinkel He 219' by R. Francis Ferguson
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 December 1944 | 290128 | 2./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | Ostbevern, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jun-2022 11:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
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