ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53158
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| Date: | Sunday 7 September 1941 |
| Time: | 02:00 approx |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2191 |
| MSN: | G9+BH |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | east of Leeuwarden, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden airfield (NL) |
Takeoff at 01:25 hrs for a Feindflug (operational sortie) in the Terschelling area. On the night of 6/7 September, RAF Bomber Command raided a chemical factory at Hüls (Krefeld) in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
The aircraft was severely damaged in aerial combat with an RAF Whitley bomber. With both engines out, Unteroffizier Heinz Grimm managed to reach land in gliding flight. He and his radio operator Obergefreiter Meissner bailed out to the north of Franeker. Grimm had received a bullet in one of the thighs from return fire. The aircraft was wrecked (95% damage).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1255&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 May 1942 | 4607 | 1./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 2 | 3 km north of Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 9 July 1943 | 6220 | 1./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Stellendam, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Mar-2020 16:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 16:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 16:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 16:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 24-Mar-2020 16:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 24-Mar-2020 19:26 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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