Crashlanded Bf.110, 23rd April 1944

[John Manrho]

Hans, the Bf 110 0f 2./NJG 3 crashed near Brilon/Germany, this is not your aircraft.

cheers,

John.

[Hans Nauta]

Hi John & John,

Thanks for your comments, obviously 730013 is not the one which came down in Holland.

Hopefully something else turns up.

Cheers,
Hans

[George Hopp]

Neusiedler See is on the border between Austria and Hungary. And, on that day, there was a 15th AF attack of 171 B-17s against Wiener-Neustadt, so that may be the reason for the loss of the 110Gs in Austria-Hungary.

Perhaps the loss over Holland was a ZG machine rather than an NJG machine, since the crew of a night-fighter by this time would normally have been three people, not two.

[Hans Nauta]

Hi George,

I considered that too, that possibly a ZG unit was involved, however in that period most Bf.110's were replaced by Me.410's and apart from that as far as I know, no Zerstörer Geschwader was based in Holland at that time.

Nevertheless this might be a clue to check. Perhaps one of our Zerstörer specialists might be able to shed a light on this?

Regards,
Hans Nauta