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Date: | Sunday 21 December 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Messerschmitt Bf 109F-1 |
Owner/operator: | II./JG 51 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 5651 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Yukhnov airfield, Kaluga Oblast -
Russia
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Yukhnov airfield |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:On 21 December 1941 Uffz. Walter Hocker of II./JG 51 was wounded in a take-off crash from Yukhnov airfield (called Juchnow by the Germans) due to undercarriage failure. His Bf 109 F-1 WNr 5651 was a total loss (100% damage).
Sources:
"Die Jagdfliegerverbände der deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945, Teil 9/I: Winterkampf in Osten 6.12.1941 bis 30.4.1942", by Jochen Prien & co. ISBN 978-3-923457-76-6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukhnov http://www.maplandia.com/russia/kaluzhskaya-oblast/yukhnovskiy-rayon/yukhnov/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2018 10:35 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Added |
12-Mar-2020 13:47 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |