ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51571
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 July 1943 |
| Time: | 20:05 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/R6 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./JG 54 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 15678 |
| MSN: | braune 7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nieuwkoopse Plassen nature reserve, Noorden, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Schiphol airfield (NL) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). RAF Mitchell bombers were on their way to Schiphol airfield.
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot 2nd Lt. S.K. Liby of the 118 Squadron RAF, who was flying a Spitfire Mk Vb from RAF Coltishall, Norfolk.
During the twenty minute dogfight, the pilot was slightly injured. Oberfeldwebel E.L. Zweigart then decided to bail out.
Sources:
- https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2717&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- recovery report CRASH
- http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/118_wwII.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Jul-2018 09:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2019 17:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 15:11 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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