ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280006
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | 18:00-30 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 180839 |
| MSN: | G9+AR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lippspringe airfield (3 km northwest of), Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Störmede airfield |
| Heimatflug - non-operational sortie |
Oberfeldwebel Erich Handke, Bordfunker to the Kommandeur of III./NJG 1 Major Drewes, wrote in his wartime memoirs:
“At 21.2.1945 were did a flight in Bf110 G-4 G9+MD from Störmede between 18.00-18.30 hrs, in preparation of our subsequent Nachtjagdeinsatz (between 20.00 and 21.27 hrs). During this short flight, we saw how Fw. Ruge touched the ground during practice ground target shooting, caught fire and crashed. In the protracted impact fire, nothing was left.”
The crew were all killed in the crash, the loss report stating ‘crash due to pilot error’.
The damage was assessed as 90%.
(FF) Feldwebel Ruge, Willi
(Bf) Ofw. Körner, Franz
(Bs) Gefr. Schmitz, Friedhelm
Sources:
GQM (#12-26); NVM (NJG1_III_108); Balss, Personalverluste
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 May 1942 | 4298 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Werl airfield; Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
sub |
| 4 January 1943 | 4653 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | the Thyssen plant at Duisburg-Hamborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 3 January 1944 | 740063 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Beeskow, Brandenburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jul-2022 11:25 | TigerTimon | Added |
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