Accident Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 110501,
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Date:Tuesday 16 January 1945
Time:23:10 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic me11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4
Owner/operator:10./NJG 5 Luftwaffe
Registration: 110501
MSN: C9+EF
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Leipzig-Schkeuditz airfield, Sachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (base)
Destination airport:Feindflug - operational sortie
Narrative:
The aircraft was shot down in two attacks by 141 Squadron Mosquito HR215 (from RAF West Raynham) to spiral down burning furiously near Schkeuditz airfield, two of the crew perishing:

(FF) Oblt. Teufert, Karl / killed
(Bf) Fhjfw. Gericke, Heinz-Georg / parachute jump, slightly wounded
(Bs) Uffz. Bogner, Kurt / killed

Sources:

RL 2 III/1172 (s.20); NVM (NJG5_IV_047); Balss, PV; VDK
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/141_wwII.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Jul-2022 07:56 TigerTimon Added
05-Jul-2022 07:57 TigerTimon Updated [Destination airport]
05-Jul-2022 07:58 TigerTimon Updated [Source, Narrative]

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