ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267770
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 01:05 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 620872 |
| MSN: | 4R+KN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Übach-Palenberg area, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eelde airfield, the Netherlands |
Operation - Nachtschlacht.
The aircraft was engaged by American light ack-ack near Aachen, which shot up the controls at an altitude of 200 metres. The crew then abandoned the aircraft by means of parachutes. They were taken prisoner of war by Americans after they had landed:
(FF) Unteroffizier Schulte, Franz
(Bf) Unteroffizier Spelthahn, Albert
(Bf) Unteroffizier Müllner, Johannes
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part five
Liste-Ring; Spelthahn, Geschichte eines Bordfunkers (Memoiren)
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2021 14:19 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Sep-2021 14:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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