Incident Fokker G.1 Mercury 330,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54291
 
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Date:Friday 10 May 1940
Time:04:30 LT
Type:Fokker G.1 Mercury
Owner/operator:3-II-1 LvR; Wapen der Militaire Luchtvaart (ML)
Registration: 330
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Zevenbergen (modern Melassestraat), Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Waalhaven airfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 03:55 hrs to engage the Luftwaffe.
Crash-landed near Zevenbergen, after being damaged by fighter pilot Oberleutnant Richard Leppla of the 3./JG 51, who was flying a Bf 109E from Krefeld airfield in Germany.
Crew:

Vlieger / Sgt.Maj.Vl. J. Buwalda ML
Schutter / Dpl.Sgt. J.M. Wagner ML / wounded

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0070&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/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
08-Aug-2014 10:04 harro Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Embed code, Narrative]
04-Mar-2020 11:02 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Jun-2022 23:39 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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