Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 G-3 160056,
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Date:Thursday 2 September 1943
Time:18:20 approx
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 G-3
Owner/operator:5./SKG 10 Luftwaffe
Registration: 160056
MSN: CL+WD
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing Monasterace area, Calabria -   Italy
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Crotone airfield, Calabria
Destination airport:Feindflug - operational sortie
Narrative:
Luftkampf mit Spitfire, Bruchlandung 18:20 Uhr (Feindbeobachtet)
The aircraft crash-landed following aerial combat with Spitfires.

The pilot, Unteroffizier Friedrich Lorenz, is missing in action.

Sources:

GQM (#11-21), Hist of the Med Air War Vol 4 - via Michael Balss

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Mar-2019 20:21 TigerTimon Added
28-Feb-2020 14:42 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Operator]
18-Apr-2022 04:14 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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