ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280007
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | 21:20 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5072 |
| MSN: | G9+DT |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Störmede airfield (3 km southeast of), Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Störmede airfield |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
The aircraft fell foul of a 406 Squadron Mosquito in the circuit of Störmede airfield, crashing three km SE of the Fliegerhorst at around 21:20 hrs.
Oberfeldwebel Handke, Funker to Major Drewes, wrote in his wartime memoirs:
“Shortly before we arrived back to base from our night mission, Fähnrich Apel, who flew with Hptm. Zenker as his air gunner, was shot down by a Mosquito in the circuit of the ‘drome. He had lost one of his engines and, while turning in to land, the Mosquito sealed his fate. When we flew over the site of impact a few minutes later, Hptm. Schmidt flew towards us and right through the middle came the Mosquito.”
(FF) Fhr. Apel, Hans
(Bf) Uffz. Trenck, Walter
(Bs) Hptm. Zenker, Erich
Sources:
GQM (#12-26); NVM (NJG1_III_109); Balss, Personalverluste
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jul-2022 11:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Jul-2022 11:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport] |
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