ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52851
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:32 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2643 |
| MSN: | G9+CR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Twente Airfield, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield |
| Twente airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Essen in Germany (second 1000 bomber raid).
One of Nachtjagd's seasoned aces was killed on landing at Twente airfield. Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf was caught by an intruding Hurricane from 3 Squadron RAF. While getting lined up for landing, it was damaged by the RAF fighter and crashed into a row of parked aircraft at 02:32 hrs.
The attacker was Sergeant Peter Masters Gawith RNzAF, who was flying Hurricane Mk IIc BD960. 3 Squadron was based at RAF Hunsdon at that time.
Woltersdorf's mount was assessed as 75% damaged.
Neither of the crew had survived and were laid to rest at Enschede. Today, they rest at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg:
Flugzeugführer / Oblt. Helmut Woltersdorf / grave Q-11-255 / The pilot had a final tally of 23 confirmed victories.
Beobachter / Ofw. Heino Pape / grave Q-11-256
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1563&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/3_wwII.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1943 | 4862 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Ahle, Heek, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 28 May 1944 | 140032 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | Spannum, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1944 | 140220 | 7./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 3 | North Sea off Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jun-2017 08:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2017 08:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2017 08:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2017 08:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2019 17:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2020 14:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2020 14:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Jun-2022 15:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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