ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53170
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| Date: | Monday 1 September 1941 |
| Time: | 23:55 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 592 |
| MSN: | R4+CM, weisse C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 50 km east of Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield (NL) |
Feindflug - operational sortie to airfields in Eastern England.
The aircraft fell victim to Wing Commander John Cunningham of 604 (County of Middlesex) Squadron RAF, who was flying Bristol Beaufighter Mk I registration T4625. The crew didn't survive:
(FF) Feldwebel Walter Kleine / missing in action
(Bf) Feldwebel Hans Engmann / killed
(Bs) Feldwebel Helmut Fiedler / missing in action
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1239A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/604_wwII.html
GQM (#4-6), (07.11.41, Ber., "e")
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 April 1941 | 0776 | 4./NJG 2 Luftwaffe | 1 | near Oakham, Rutland, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Mar-2020 12:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 14:55 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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