ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279868
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| Date: | Thursday 1 February 1945 |
| Time: | 19:10 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 620181 |
| MSN: | 4R+AK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Noithausen, Grevenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield, the Netherlands |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
The aircraft was shot down with one burst of gunfire from 219 Squadron Mosquito MM792, Lt. Johannes Strassner (an ace with seven confirmed and one unconfirmed night Abschüsse) and his crew all baling out safely at Noithausen near Grevenbroich at 19:10 hrs before their Junkers dived into the ground and blew up.
Sources:
GQM (766/77, 27; Lfl.Reich); Balss, MV, page 364; Rökker, I./NJG2, pages 121, 128; Ring listing
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2022 07:54 | TigerTimon | Added |
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