Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14/AS 460339,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49409
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:morning
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14/AS
Owner/operator:Stab III./JG 6 Luftwaffe
Registration: 460339
MSN: <<
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:NNW of Helmond, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Bissel airfield (Niedersachsen, Germany)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 08:19 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.80 Volkel airfield.

The aircraft received a direct hit by AA-fire.
Major H. Kühle did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave Z-6-142.

Sources:

sources: WASt; Manrho/Pütz, Bodenplatte, p.281; Franks, Battle of the Airfields, p.209
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5039&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
12-Feb-2009 11:36 jrbeaman Updated
23-Nov-2019 19:08 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Dec-2019 18:57 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
20-Dec-2019 18:35 TigerTimon Updated [Operator]
23-Jun-2022 03:48 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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