ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50859
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1944 |
| Time: | 13:40 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 11./JG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 411363 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beemdweg - Koepas, Venray, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Lippstadt airfield (G) |
| Venlo airfield (NL) |
The brand new machine, produced by Erla Maschinenwerk GmbH, Leipzig, had taken off for a Überführungsflug (ferry flight) with Gefreiter R. Pintsch at the controls.
He encountered a formation of B-17's, shot one out of the formation and, some time later, deliberately rammed another, B-17G 42-39809 near Venlo. The Boeing crashed, with the co-pilot being killed.
The Luftwaffe pilot performed an emergency landing and survived his high-risk actions. The machine came to a rest between the Beemdweg and Koepas roads.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3467&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Feb-2019 16:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2019 18:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 16:23 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 06:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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