ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223528
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| Date: | Thursday 2 September 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./JG 53 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 16397 |
| MSN: | schwarze 11 + |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea 15 km NW of Tropea, Calabria -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aviosuperficie Sibari Fly (Cassano) |
The aircraft crashed in aerial combat with Spitfires.
The pilot, Gefreiter Wolfgang Schlüter, is missing in action, together with his aircraft.
Feindflug (operational sortie). In turn, his Staffel comrade Unteroffizier Alfred Scharl claimed a Spitfire shot down, 15 km north of Tropea.
Cassano airfield is an airfield near Cassano all'Ionio, Cosenza, Calabria.
Sources:
LW Losses by Michael Balss
LW Claims by Michael Balss
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2019 13:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Mar-2020 16:10 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2022 04:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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