ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273836
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| Date: | Saturday 4 December 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 A0 |
| Owner/operator: | Legión Condor - Aviación Nacional |
| Registration: | 6-15 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Over Bujaraloz (Zaragoza) -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Bf-109A shot down intact and captured. The aircraft, while escorting Heinkel 111 bombers, was shot down (due to fuel starvage) in combat with a large group of I-16s. Feldwebel Otto Polenz managed to forced landing his aircraft nearly intact and it was captured by Republicans. The captured Bf-109 arrived to show Republican markings but no registration Numbers. It was subsequently sent to France and the USSR for evaluation
Sources:
1.Osprey Publishing Aircraft of the Aces 99 "Aces of the Legion Condor"
Robert Forsyth pag 85
2.https://avgce.blogspot.com/2014/11/messerschmitt-bf-109b.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2022 18:01 | volman | Added |
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