ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49255
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| Date: | Sunday 14 January 1945 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab I./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 210224 |
| MSN: | grüne 8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Horstlindelaan 107, Enschede, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield (NL) |
| Werneuchen (G) |
Under command of Major G. Capito, the I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader was ordered to the eastern front. The aircraft would have to fly to Werneuchen in Brandenburg first.
Due to fog, takeoff was delayed. Warning came in, that enemy fighter bombers were on their way.
However, when the weather cleared, some aircraft did take off, ignoring the warning. RCAF Supermarine Spitfires of the 401, 411 & 442 Squadrons dove onto the aircraft and took out a stunning number of eleven Focke-Wulfs.
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Grüne 8 was shot down by a Canadian Spitfire. The aircraft crashed onto the house of the Witbreuk family. The German pilot was the only fatality, he crashed only 200 metres from his quarters.
Unteroffizier G. Sill was buried at Enschede. He now rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave R-1-13.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5104&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.luchtoorlogboventwente.nl/450114LUF.php
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Mar-2016 17:25 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2020 13:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2020 16:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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