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German Bf 110 night fighter aircraft in flight over Germany, 1942, photo 3 of 3

Caption     German Bf 110 night fighter aircraft in flight over Germany, 1942, photo 3 of 3 ww2dbase
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Identification Code   Bild 101I-659-6436-31
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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
7 Oct 2010 01:36:59 PM

Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 of 9./NJG3 this
unit was among other night fighters, that
flew against USAAF day light raids.
Aircraft could be (C9+LT) thats my guess.

Against P-51 Mustangs and other Allied single
engine fighters the night fighters suffered
heavy losses.

The 110's are at altitude and above them you
can see the contrails of other aircraft. If they see the Mustangs the only option, is to
dive into the cloud layer below, and hope for
the best. The letter codes, are the best guess that I have. But then again I've been
wrong before.
2. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
8 Oct 2010 09:18:27 AM

NIGHT FIGHTERS AGAINST THE DAYLIGHT BOMERS:

"Cut short the night, use some of it for the
day's business."

-Seneca-

Messerschmitt Bf 110G is equipped with the
Lichtenstein BC FuG 202 radar, the drag from
the antennas slowed the aircraft down between
25 to 30mph and used in daylight attacks,made
them an easy target for single-engine fighters.

Until the development of Allied long-range fighters the Luftwaffe inflicted heavy losses on USAAF and RAF bombers.

Both single and twin-engine aircraft were
used against the bombers, when the P-51 and
P-47's arrived to escort the bombers all the
way to the target,the Luftwaffe single-engine
fighters took on the escorts, and some attacked the bombers, the twin-engine
aircraft attacked the bombers if they had no
escorts, and went after the stragglers and
damaged bombers.

During the Big Week February 20th-25th 1944
the USAAF lost 247 bombers the RAF lost 131
bombers. The Luftwaffe lost 355 aircraft
50% of its strength plus the loss of over
100 of its most experienced pilots.

Suggested Reading:

NIGHT FIGHTERS!
By Bill Gunston
Published by
Charles Scriber's Sons, New York
1976
3. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
8 Oct 2010 11:14:18 AM

Looking through my files, show that the
Messerschmitt Bf 110G is coded (D5+LT) for
NJG3 (3rd Night Fighter Wing).

I just wanted to clear this up. If anyone has added information, file it here at the
ww2db.
4. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
8 Nov 2010 11:45:53 AM

It must have taken courage to go up against
the B-17 box formations, get in as close as
you can all this is done in seconds.

You gotta remember when the Luftwaffe pilot
saw those Fifty Caliber tracers coming at
him, there are more ball slugs behind it.

The Bf 110 pilot's are making an attack against a box of forty B-17s, thats about
520 fifty caliber machineguns! how many slugs, are in the air, even if all the bomber's gunner's are fire short bursts ,I'm sure all those men, both German and American
were scared.

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