ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193058
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| Date: | Sunday 24 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./JG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 7639 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | southast of Alakurtti airfield -
 Finland
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Uffz Gärtner of 4./JG 5 was obliged to crash-land his Bf 109 F-4 WNr 7639 in one of the many lakes in the no man’s land southast of Alakurtti airfield after its engine failed. He was picked up unhurt some time later by a Storch flown by another pilot of his Staffel.
Sources:
“Jagdgeschwader 5 Eismeerjäger: Eine Chronik aus Dokumenten U. Berichten: 1941-1945“, by Werner Girbig. ISBN 3-87943-365-8
http://www.luftwaffe.no/SIG/Losses/tap43.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20120320130812/http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/luftwaffe1.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alakurtti_Air_Base
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2017 17:29 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 24-Mar-2020 14:55 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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