ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49065
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| Date: | Friday 2 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Messerschmitt Me 262 A-2a |
| Owner/operator: | 5./KG 51 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 110553 |
| MSN: | 9K+EN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Hagerhofweg, Venlo, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Essen-Mülheim airfield (G) |
The aircraft was hit by the 55th AA Brigade and crashed. Hauptmann Fritz-Wilhelm Abel (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) did not survive.
He is officially missing in action but his remains probably rest at Ysselsteyn cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5340&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/103471/Crashlocatie-Messerschmitt-Me-262A-2a-110553.htm
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/persons/36033/Abel-Fritz-Wilhelm.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jan-2019 10:02 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2020 20:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2020 20:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2020 22:31 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2022 10:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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