ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50997
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 13:15 approx |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./JG 301 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wissel hamlet, Epe, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
Takeoff at 13:10 for a Feindflug (operational sortie). In the afternoon, the USAAF raided aviation industry and industrial areas at Braunschweig, whilst industrial areas at Hannover were struck as a Target of Opportunity.
Shot down by USAAF fighters who were flying fighter escort. The aircraft was a total loss.
The pilot was buried at Ehrenfriedhof Zijpendaal cemetery at Schaarsbergen, Arnhem:
Flugzeugführer Ofw. R. Kirchner / Ysselsteyn (Limburg) cemetery
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3367&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1605
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Jan-2019 15:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2020 17:40 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 09-Apr-2021 15:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2021 15:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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