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Date: | Sunday 23 February 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 |
Owner/operator: | 1./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 5337 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Waddenzee near De Kooy, Noord-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Katwijk airfield (NL) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:On 23 February 1941 Fw. August Hofer of 1./JG 1 was killed when his Bf 109 E-4 WNr 5337 crashed at sea in the Waddenzee off De Kooy.
Sources:
"Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945, Teil 5: Heimatverteidigung 10. Mai 1940 bis 31. Dezember 1941. Einsatz im Mittelmeerraum Oktober 1940 bis November 1941. Einsatz Im Westen 22. Juni bis 31. Dezember 1941. Die Ergänzungsjagdgruppen Einsatz 1941 bis zur Auflösung Anfang 1942", by Jochen Prien & al, ISBN 3-923457-68-5
"JG 1. L'histoire de la Jagdgeschwader 1 'Oesau'", by Eric Mombeek. ISBN 2-9509485-2-9
http://wo2-hoekschewaard.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/register19411.pdf http://www.maplandia.com/netherlands/noord-holland/de-kooy/ Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG1.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Dec-2017 16:46 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
13-Jul-2019 19:38 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
12-Mar-2020 18:12 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
15-Jun-2022 08:24 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |