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Re: Bf 110 C-4 WNr 3217
Hello all,
Soren is referring to another crash, with another Bf110 and another crew which crashed near Stenbjerg 17 March 1941.
Then came Michael Balss' first book with Nachtjagd losses. On page 38 it reports a loss near 'Stambjerg' which I haven't been able to find with Google Maps. This can mean that
1) there is no Stambjerg
2) Google Maps disliked/ignored Stambjerg as the worst place on earth or
3) I am not capable to use Google Maps which is properly the best explanation.
At home I will check the Namentliche Verlustmeldung but my Bf110 database tells me that this NVM corrects the date 21 January (mentioned by Balss) in 21 February. This last date can also be found in microfilmreel no. 5 of the Luftwaffe loss lists (as at the IWM). It lists a Bf110 C-4 (Wnr. 3217) lost in the sea near 'the Danish coast', 3 MIA, 100% loss.
About the callsign: Balss page 38 says G9+LE, the NVM I have used for my database, says G9+LU. It is known that the 1./Erg.Gruppe NJG 1 used the G9+?U code (see the losses of Wnr. 2826 and 1809 on 8 July 1942); the 2./Erg.Gr. NJG 1 used G9+?V and 3./Erg.Gr. NJG 1 the G9+?W callsigns before the Erg.Gr. NJG 1 became a NJ Schule.
All the best, Marcel / Venlo
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airfield Venlo in WW-2, I./NJG 1, He219-project
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