Incident Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 720410,
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Date:Friday 21 July 1944
Time:01:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic me11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4
Owner/operator:Stab III./NJG 1 Luftwaffe
Registration: 720410
MSN: G9+MD
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Loomsweg road, Haarle, municipality Tubbergen, Overijssel -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Leeuwarden airfield (takeoff at 00:25 hrs)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided oil production facilities at Homberg and Bottrop in Germany.

Due to the explosion of 405 Squadron Lancaster PB174, the Nachtjagd crew of Hptm. Martin Drewes, Fw. Erich Handke & Ofw. Georg Petz had to bale out of their severely damaged Messerschmitt, Drewes and Petz with injuries.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3899&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
23-Oct-2020 08:25 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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