ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192706
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| Date: | Sunday 10 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7/Trop |
| Owner/operator: | 13. (slow.)/JG 52 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 6474 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Krasnodar airfield -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Krasnodar airfield |
On 10 January 1943, the Bf 109 E-7/Trop WNr 6474 of 13. (slow.)/JG 52 was destroyed at 99% in a take-off crash at Krasnodar, but the pilot, catnik Jozef Vincur, was unhurt.
This aircraft was used to train Slovak fighter pilots at Karup-Grove airfield, in occupied Denmark, and then returned with them to Slovakia. Here it was marked with Slovak national insignia and the new tactical number ’White 12" in place of the original 95. It was among the 13 lekta aircraft transfeered to the eastern front in October 1942, and was usually flown by the deputy commanding officer of 13.(slow)/JG 52, porucik Vladimir Krisko. It was also flown by other futures aces, including Pavel Zelenak (12 kills) and Jan Reznak (32 kills).
Sources:
https://www.forumavia.ru/__INCLUDES_/forumthreads/1/7/7120665380168923183161161470017_all.shtml
"Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 58: Slovakian and Bulgarian Aces of World War 2", by Jiri Rajlich and John Weal. ISBN 1-84176-652-6 (aircraft profile)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnodar_International_Airport
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=45.034722&lon=39.170556&z=14&m=w
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2017 09:45 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 10-Jan-2018 20:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2018 22:27 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Jan-2020 16:29 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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