ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52729
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| Date: | Friday 3 July 1942 |
| Time: | 00:40 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2667 |
| MSN: | R4+EP |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Britswert, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden airfield |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by a Short Stirling Mk I flown by P/O. W.R.B. McCarthy of No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF.
Both crew members did not survive and rest at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg:
Flugzeugführer / Leutnant Hans-Georg Bötel / grave AR-6-142
Bordfunker / Gefreiter Lothar Radecker / grave AR-6-140
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1677&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jul-2017 17:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2019 21:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-May-2020 13:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2023 08:39 | selbermor | Updated [[Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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