Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2 125234,
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Date:Saturday 9 May 1942
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2
Owner/operator:5./JG 26 Luftwaffe
Registration: 125234
MSN: schwarze 7 + –
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Éperlecques (2 km east of), Pas-de-Calais département -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Abbeville-Drucat (base)
Destination airport:Feindflug - operational sortie
Narrative:
Crash due to aerial combat with Spitfires.

(FF) Leutnant Heinz Reiche

Sources:

PV-JG26 (043); GQM (#6); Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, page 544
WASt-Gräberkarte
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-May-2022 07:26 TigerTimon Added
07-May-2022 10:05 TigerTimon Updated [Time]

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