ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145693
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 April 1944 |
| Time: | 11:55 LT |
| Type: | Messerschmitt Me 410 A-1/U4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./ZG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 420622 |
| MSN: | 3U+KM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sövde, Sjöbo - ESMI -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Königsberg-Neumark airfield, modern Poland |
The Me 410 was following US B-17 in over Swedish territory, shot down by AA-battery when flying over Sövde air base and opening fire. The plane crashed on the main road in Sövde village, one Swedish solider on a bicycle on his way to his staition was killed in the crash.
Crew: Feldwebel Josef Kaulartz and Max Schultz buried in Sweden.
Sources:
http://www.sjobo.nu/evert/Messerschmitt_410.html
http://www.sjobo.nu/evert/Nedskjutning_big.html
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2012 07:34 | Masen63 | Added |
| 09-Apr-2019 09:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2019 22:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Mar-2020 14:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
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