Accident Arado Ar 196 A-2 6W+EN,
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Date:Friday 17 May 1940
Time:
Type:Arado Ar 196 A-2
Owner/operator:5./B.Fl.Gr.196 Luftwaffe
Registration: 6W+EN
MSN: 1960075
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Over Kattegat -   Denmark
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Aalborg (sea)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Probably shot down by British fighters during patrol over Kattegat (or by Swedish AA?). Pilot Heinz Büttcher missing, Lt Günther Mehrens washed ashore 23 Aug (and buried) in Sweden.

Sources:

http://www.flyghistoria.org/flyghistoria/flygminnesmarken/49-flygminnesmarken-foto/282-nya-kyrkogarden-i-viken-gunther-mehrens
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-13637.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Sep-2016 07:03 Masen63 Added
10-Dec-2019 19:57 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
18-Dec-2019 19:41 nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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