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Date: | Monday 17 February 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 |
Owner/operator: | 7./JG 2 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 0978 |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | |
Location: | 3 km NNW of Le Havre-Octeville airfield, Seine-Inférieure -
France
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Gfr Kurt Fahrnow of 7./JG 2 was killed when his Bf 109 E-4 WNr 0978 crashed after a combat mission 3 km NNW of Le Havre-Octeville airfield.
Sources:
"1941 the turning point. Part 1", by John Foreman, ISBN 1-871187-22-2
"Les pertes de la chasse de jour allemande en France 1939-1945. Vol 2: 1941", by Pierre Watteeuw (Hors Série Avions n° 15). ISBN 2-914017-XXX
https://www.fold3.com/image/693225028 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9roport_du_Havre-Octeville https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9roport_du_Havre-Octeville#/maplink/0 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Feb-2021 10:33 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Added |
20-Feb-2021 17:14 |
Xindel |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |