ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50350
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 June 1944 |
| Time: | 15:19 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 440076 |
| MSN: | G9+NS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km W of Eelde Airfield, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eelde airfield (NL) |
| Leeuwarden airfield (NL) |
The aircraft was shot down at low level, by Mosquito PZ203 of 515 Squadron RAF, flown by pilot S/Ldr Rabone and navigator F/O Johns. The Messerschmitt had taken off for a ferry flight to Leeuwarden airfield.
Squadron Leader Rabone reported: "Enemy aircraft dived straight into ground in mass of flames and smoke".
The crew was initially buried at Leeuwarden, but now rests in Ysselsteyn cemetery:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. H. Beyer A./Fl.A.Rgt.31, 4. Kp. Nr. 1835
Bordfunker Uffz. H. Petersmann Fl.H.Stendal Nr. 1170
Bordschütze Ogfr. F. Riedel 62527/39
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://515sqn.org/general/roll_of_victories.htm]
NVM (NJG1_III_072); Balss, PV; VDK
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 1944 | 440272 | 8./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 3 | Noorderstrand, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jan-2011 13:41 | ThW | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2019 07:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2020 15:47 | DB | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Mar-2020 15:48 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Oct-2020 17:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 08:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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