Gear-up landing Incident Messerschmitt Bf 109B 612,
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Date:Sunday 28 December 1941
Time:15:00 approx
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109B
Owner/operator:Jagdgruppe Drontheim (Jagdfl. Schule 3) Luftwaffe
Registration: 612
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Nøvling, Vildbjerg, Midtjylland -   Denmark
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Grove airfield
Destination airport: - training flight
Narrative:
Four aircrafts were observed over Nøvling west of Herning, when one of the engines started backfiring. W.Nr. 612 was belly landed at apporxemately 15:00 hours with the engine stopped and skidded across the frozen field. The belly was ripped open by the frozen ground and the aircraft was 25% damaged, but the pilot was unharmed.

Four guards were called to guard the aircraft.

Sources:

LBUK, JJ., via Søren C. Flensted 2004 - 2021 (Airwar over Denmark)
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Dec-2021 14:05 TigerTimon Added
22-Dec-2021 14:08 TigerTimon Updated [Destination airport]

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