Mid-air collision Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 19869,
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Date:Tuesday 18 April 1944
Time:15:07 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6
Owner/operator:4./JGp.Ost Luftwaffe
Registration: 19869
MSN: weisse 5 +
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:east of Nysa, Opole Voivodeship -   Poland
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Weidengut airfield (base)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Two Messerschmitts of the 4. Staffel collided in mid-air.
Crew:
Leutnant Joachim Wank & Feldwebel Alfred Hinz were both killed.

Sources:

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=58566
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History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 March 1943 8909 1./Jagdgruppe Süd Luftwaffe 1 Marseille-Marignane airfield w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Oct-2020 08:40 TigerTimon Added
27-Oct-2020 08:42 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities]
01-Nov-2020 08:57 AlLach Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]

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