| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 18 September 1944 |
| Type: | Potez-CAMS 161 |
| Operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 16+11 |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | 1942-03-20 (2 years 6 months) |
| Engines: | 6 Hispano-Suiza 12Y-37 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Rügen ( Germany)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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The flying boat was moored at Rügen Seaplane Base at the Baltic Sea when it was destroyed in an attack by a group of three P-51 Mustangs of the USAAF 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group, led by First Lieutenant Urban L. 'Ben' Drew, flying the 'Detroit Miss', a P-51D with s/n 44-14164.
Classification:
Destroyed on groundDamaged on the ground
Sources:
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