ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53722
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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | Fokker D.XXI |
| Owner/operator: | 2-II-1 LvR, Wapen der Militaire Luchtvaart |
| Registration: | 225 |
| MSN: | 5498 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stormpolder, Krimpen aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ruigenhoek airfield |
Takeoff at 08:30 hrs for a recce flight.
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Unteroffizier Mathias Massmann of the 7./JG 3, who was flying a Bf 109E from Hopsten airfield in Germany.
Res.Sgt.Vl. F.C.H. Looyen did not survive, his lifeless body washed up at Ouderkerk aan den IJssel and rests at Standdaarbuiten cemetery in Noord-Brabant.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0041&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Mar-2020 12:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2020 12:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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