ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223530
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| Date: | Thursday 2 September 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./JG 53 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 18618 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea NW of Ischia Island, Campania -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cancello airfield, Campania |
The aircraft crashed in aerial combat. The pilot, Feldwebel Eugen Kurz, did manage to bail out, wounded.
Feindflug (operational sortie). In turn, the 6. Staffel submitted two P-38 claims, 10 km southwest of Ventotene island.
Sources:
LW Losses by Michael Balss
LW Claims by Michael Balss
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2019 13:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Mar-2019 13:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2019 13:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Mar-2019 13:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Mar-2020 16:11 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2022 04:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Damage] |
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