ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50887
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| Date: | Monday 21 February 1944 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109G |
| Owner/operator: | 8./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | schwarze 3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Unknown, poss IJsselmeer? -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel airfield (NL) |
Takeoff at 14:48 hrs from Volkel airfield, Noord-Brabant.
The aircraft was shot down during aerial combat. The pilot, Feldwebel F. Haspel, bailed out and survived.
21 February was the second day of Operation Argument AKA the 'Big Week' offensive.
On this day, the USAAF raided the following airfields:
- Fliegerhorst Achmer, Niedersachsen
- Fliegerhorst Diepholz, Niedersachsen
- Fliegerhorst Quakenbrück, Niedersachsen
- Einsatzhafen Ahlhorn, Niedersachsen
- Einsatzhafen Hesepe, Niedersachsen
- Einsatzhafen Vörden, Niedersachsen
- Fliegerhorst Gütersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Hopsten, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Lippstadt, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Münster-Handorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Werl, Nordrhein-Westfalen
In addition, aircraft industry (at Braunschweig, Hannover and Lingen (Niedersachsen)) and marshalling yards (at Coevorden (Drenthe, the Netherlands) and Lingen (Niedersachsen, Germany)) were bombed.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3443&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1636
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 July 1943 | 19390 | 2./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 1 | 1 km S of Herpt Heusden, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 11 November 1943 | 410268 | 2./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 0 | Oudenhoorn, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 27 September 1944 | 461997 | 2./JG 76 Luftwaffe | 1 | along the Korenveld road, Braamt, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | 330474 | 6./JG 11 Luftwaffe | 0 | near Asch, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | 464162 | 10./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 1 | near Overbrug, Helmond, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Feb-2019 15:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2019 16:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2020 18:50 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Jun-2022 08:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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