Oberleutnant Egmont Zur Lippe-Weissenfeld PLANE Crashdate January 15th, 1941 Investigationdate September 1995 Callsign GE-J Serialnumber N1521 Squadron 58 Squadron RAF A.M.Whitley Mk V Callantsoog 1995 YEAR LOCATION
History:  On Wednesday January 15th 1941 at22:50 hours in the area of the radar position  "Salzhering" over the Dutch coast of Callantsoog a night fighter was controlling the airspace.   Oberleutnant Egmont Zur Lippe-Weissenfeld controlled his Me-110 with the code letters G9  + CM.   Suddenly he receives a notice from Leutnant Jauk of the radar position, the signal said an  enemy bomber was detected by radar .   The night fighter turns his plane in the direction indicated. His radiooperator, Uffz. Rennette,  spots the "Tommy" first. The clock indicates 10:40 p.m. on board when he detects a shadow  of a plane on the ground. Further research confirms that it is indeed an enemy.   The double rudder indicates that it’s a twin-engine Armstrong Whitworth Whitley. Whitley  Mk V with Serial Number N1521 had recently been taken off at 17:55 from her base Linton-  on-Ouse in Yorkshire. The purpose of pilot PE Peers and his four-man crew is Wilhelmshaven. Carefully Zur Lippe-  Weissenfeld moves his plane behind the enemy for an attack.