ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49993
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| Date: | Thursday 21 September 1944 |
| Time: | 16:10 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 16./JG 54 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 732055 |
| MSN: | blaue 3 + ~(9) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Goorseweg road, Lochem, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Plantlünne airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 15:30 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft was shot down in aerial combat with P-47 Thunderbolts of the 56th Fighter Group USAAF.
The pilot, Lt. D. Jung, bailed out but was killed when the American pilots strafed him while hanging onto his parachute. He was buried at Lochem but now rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg); grave AJ-4-92.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4270&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rosipal, JG54, Liste-Ring
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Nov-2017 16:56 | Johan | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2019 07:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2020 15:14 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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