ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50025
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 September 1944 |
| Time: | 09:45 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 15./JG 54 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 172684 |
| MSN: | gelbe 6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nederrijn river near the John Frost bridge, Arnhem, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Plantlünne airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 08:55 hrs for a Feindflug (operational sortie).
During low-level flight, the aircraft hit the St. Walburgiskerk church and ended up in the Rhine river.
The church tower was covered in smoke from the fires in town. This was witnessed and reported by the wing man, Ofw. Thimm.
The pilot, Leutnant H. Ransmayer, is missing in action.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4217&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rosipal, JG54, Liste-Ring
Google Maps
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=29456&highlight=church+arnhem&page=2
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 October 1942 | 0584 | 12./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | 1 km SE of the harbour at Zierikzee, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 30 January 1943 | 0574 | 12./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | North Sea NW of Terschelling, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 29 January 1944 | 430349 | 3./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Deelen Airfield, Gelderland | |
sub |
| 1 January 1945 | 738159 | 3./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | Vreeland, Utrecht | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | 600346 | 12./JG 54 Luftwaffe | 1 | Kloosterzande, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Sep-2019 09:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2019 20:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2020 20:29 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator] |
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