ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50296
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab I./JG 301 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 163411 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Naaldwijk cinema, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cambrai-Épinoy airfield (F) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). At around 00:45–01:00 hrs, elements of I./JG 301 were scrambled from Cambrai-Épinoy and Saint-Dizier on Wilde Sau operations against the RAF Bomber Command Homberg (Germany) raid.
Leutnant Max Kreil bailed out wounded when his Messerschmitt was damaged in aerial combat.
On December 5th, Lt. Kreil died in a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-9 while serving with 4./JG 301.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=163411&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
JB 2.01/44 (Suchanz. 045/01) + Reschke, JG301/302 page 164; GQM (12890/44, 12.12.44, 7); Info + NVM; VDK
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jan-2020 22:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2020 22:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase] |
| 15-Mar-2020 15:26 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 23-Oct-2020 08:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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