| Triple Chevron G9+AA
of the Stab./NJG 1, flown by Oberstlt. Hans-Joachim Jabs, Husum/Germany,
20/21 February 1945 Perhaps it was in this machine that Jabs claimed his last two abschüssen of the war, his 49th and 50th. On this night Bomber Command dispatched 1,283 bombers, primarily against targets around the Ruhr. As the Ruhr area was covered in clouds the searchlight defenses aided the Nachtjägers above by illuminating the clouds from below, thus silhouetting the four- engine bombers. At least seven RAF bombers were shot down by the defenders, all victims of NJG 1 and NJG 2. When the war ended, Hans-Joachim Jabs had 28 night and 22 day air victories under his belt, amassed in 710 combat sorties. This Bf 110 G-4 was flown on the 1st of May from Lüneburg to neutral Sweden. On board were two escapees, Uffz. König and Fw. Hrachowina. Both were German service men, and although of Estonian and Czechoslovakian nationality, they were allowed to stay in Sweden after being registered as "civilian refugees". This is a rare late production machine equipped with the latest FuG 218 V/R Neptun AI radar with associated tail-warning radar. It also had the device Revi 16N gunsight on the canopy, and the straight-style Eberspächer exhaust flame dampeners. |
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