ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65330
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| Date: | Monday 24 January 1944 |
| Time: | 11:28 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./JG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 160683 |
| MSN: | weisse 10 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grammenestraat, Zulte, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | München-Gladbach airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 10:30 hrs for a Feindflug (operational sortie).
The aircraft was hit by two P-47 Thunderbolts of the 361st Fighter Squadron; 356th Fighter Group, flown by the Lieutenants Milton F. Erickson and Raymond H. Gansberg.
Flugzeugführer is Leutnant Paul Hönle, aged 21 years.
In the afternoon, the USAAF raided the Zukunft power station at Eschweiler, Germany.
The Thunderbolts were flying bomber escort.
Sources:
http://users.telenet.be/airwareurope/nl/bergingen/messerschmitt_gottem_n.htm
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/messerschmitt-bf-109-wnr160683-te-gottem
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1938
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 December 1940 | 6144 | 10./NJG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | North Sea near Westkapelle, Zeeland |  |
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| 8 November 1941 | 7178 | 4./JG 53 Luftwaffe | 1 | North Sea near Texel, Noord-Holland | |
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| 10 December 1943 | 15439 | 7./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | Schaijkseveld, municipality Schaijk, Noord-Brabant | |
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| 30 January 1944 | 27124 | 4./JG 11 Luftwaffe | 1 | Oranjeweg - Langeweg, Emst, Gelderland | |
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| 1 January 1945 | 784778 | 9./JG 6 Luftwaffe | 1 | Volkel - Eindhoven area, Noord-Brabant | |
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| 1 January 1945 | 490702 | 13./JG 27 Luftwaffe | 1 | northeast of Panningen, Limburg | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2009 11:33 | harro | Added |
| 10-Jan-2012 08:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Phase, Departure airport] |
| 14-Jan-2019 14:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2019 09:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2020 14:50 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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