ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50294
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./NJG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 441100 |
| MSN: | 2Z+TH |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Opheusden, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided oil production facilities at Homberg and Bottrop in Germany.
The Messerschmitt fell foul of a prowling enemy intruder aircraft, the pilot perishing:
Flugzeugführer / Oblt. Rudolf Schwarze / Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave X-3-61
Bordfunker / Gfr. Wende / bailed out
Bordschütze / Ofw. Heinz Fitzner / bailed out slightly wounded
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3900&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
LW Losses by Michael Balss: NVM (NJG6_I_028); Kock, KTB NJG6, page 115
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 October 1944 | 180357 | 1./NJG 6 Luftwaffe | 0 | Pfaffenhofen, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
| 7 January 1945 | 160585 | 1./NJG 6 Luftwaffe | 3 | Pasenbach, Vierkirchen, Bayern | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Oct-2020 08:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2020 11:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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