ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49428
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./JG 27 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 331502 |
| MSN: | gelbe 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | SW of Zaltbommel, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rheine airfield (G) |
Operation - Bodenplatte. Target: B.58 Brussels/Melsbroek, Belgium.
The aircraft was probably hit by AAA and crashed.
The pilot, Feldwebel Gert Gäbel, did not survive and was initially buried at Kerkwijk lokatie rij 1 graf 20, then Ysselsteyn in Limburg lokatie AL 159 . He finally rests at Bad Brückenau in Bayern, Germany.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5060&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1944 | 462922 | 11./JG 4 Luftwaffe | 1 | near the Lange Wal street, Arnhem, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 17 December 1944 | 330413 | 3./JG 27 Luftwaffe | 1 | Beers, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2019 20:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2020 19:05 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 19-Jun-2022 18:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Oct-2023 11:21 | Anon. | Updated [[Location]] |
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