Incident Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 959,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192566
 
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Date:Sunday 5 January 1941
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4
Owner/operator:Jagdschwarm Bergen III./ZG 76 Luftwaffe
Registration: 959
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Herdla airfield -   Norway
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Herdla airfield (N)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The Bf 109 E-4 WNr 959 of Jagdschwarm Bergen of III./ZG 76 was destroyed at 70% in a take-off accident from Herdla airfield. The pilot was unhurt and his name was not recorded.

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20120320130812/http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/luftwaffe1.html
http://www.luftwaffe.no/SIG/Losses/tap411.html
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herdla
https://www.google.de/maps/search/60.566667,4.95/@60.566667,4.95,1406m/data=!4m2!2m1!4b1?dg=dbrw&newdg=1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Jan-2017 05:05 Laurent Rizzotti Added
28-Jan-2020 11:15 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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