ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51185
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| Date: | Monday 29 November 1943 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 510930 |
| MSN: | weisse 3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kadoelen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel airfield (NL) |
In the afternoon, the USAAF showed up over the Netherlands. The Bf 109's of the III./JG 1 and the II./JG 3 flew from Volkel airfield that day. They clashed with the P-38 Lightning escort. After the confrontation, three Bf 109 pilots of the III./JG 1 decided to dive quickly through the clouds. Unfortunately for them, the cloud base had lowered. The Bf 109 crashed by miscalculation.
Feindflug (operational sortie).
Pilot:
Flugzeugführer Ofhr. M. Spörk 68454/296 Luftwaffe Germany - KIA; buried Baden bei Wien ?
Sources:
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3146&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
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| 20 October 1943 | 15633 | 4./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 1 | near Neer and Brumholt, Limburg | |
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| 24 October 1943 | 410233 | 4./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 0 | North Sea, 200 m off Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
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| 22 December 1943 | 20712 | 9./JG 26 Luftwaffe | 1 | Egede, Hellendoorn, Overijssel | |
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| 19 September 1944 | 413552 | 8./JG 11 Luftwaffe | 1 | Snipperling, Diepenveen, Overijssel | |
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| 6 October 1944 | 462886 | 1./JG 77 Luftwaffe | 1 | 40 km west-northwest of Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
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| 23 December 1944 | 330208 | Luftwaffe | 0 | Winterswijk, Gelderland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Nov-2018 14:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 08:36 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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