ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174038
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| Date: | Sunday 26 November 1944 |
| Time: | 10:35 LT |
| Type: | Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a |
| Owner/operator: | 1./JG 7 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 130 017 |
| MSN: | #110 372(*) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schwabstadl, Obermeitingen, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lechfeld airfield |
| Lechfeld airfield |
The pilot from 9./JG 7 died in a crash landing at Lechfeld. The aircraft was Coded "3 White".
The aircraft suffered an engine fire before the crash, in which the Leutnant Alfred "Bubi" Schreiber died under his overturned plane. He would have landed with only one "live" engine.
The flight would have lasted about ten minutes.
(*) The #130 017 mentioned is listed as follows: Me-262 S-12 (Prototype series of Me-262A-1a) coded "V1+AK", was first damaged on 13 June 1944, then a second time on 31 October 1944, then coded "4 White". The circumstances of the damage are not specified. No subsequent traces.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Schreiber
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
Special edition #45 of the french magazine "Avions", titled "Les pertes des Messerschmitt Me-262" by Philippe Saintes.
Bing Maps
O'Connell, page 73; LBB-Forum (8.10.2007, "pilot05", "Torgau")
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Feb-2015 14:55 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Mar-2019 11:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2020 23:19 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2020 07:28 | Iceman29 | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2021 19:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source] |
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