ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50795
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| Date: | Monday 6 March 1944 |
| Time: | 15:48 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./JG 11 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 470083 |
| MSN: | weisse 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the road between Erm and Sleen, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Oldenburg airfield (G) |
Luftwaffe ace Oberleutnant Hugo Frey was killed in a crash after his Focke-Wulf was hit by defensive fire from B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 45th Combat Bombardment Wing USAAF.
He was buried at the Esserveld cemetery in Groningen and was posthumously awarded the Ritterkreuz on 4 May 1944.
Feindflug (operational sortie).
On this day, the USAAF raided industrial areas at Berlin, aviation industry (Daimler-Benz Flugmotorenwerk) at Genshagen, Ludwigsfelde (Brandenburg) and multiple Targets of Opportunity.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3512&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/810
Luftwaffe Viermot Aces 1942-45
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 June 1943 | 7202 | 4./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | 3 km S of Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 5 November 1943 | 510945 | 1./JG 2 Luftwaffe | 0 | 4 km N of Tiel, Gelderland | |
sub |
| 16 December 1943 | 430162 | 1./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | near Boksum, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | 960221 | 5./JG 6 Luftwaffe | 1 | Buurserstraat 198, Haaksbergen, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | 739429 | 5./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | north of of Kloosterzande, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Apr-2012 11:46 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2019 19:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2019 19:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 19:51 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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