ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192831
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 January 1942 |
| Time: | 11:50 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109D |
| Owner/operator: | 3./JGr Drontheim Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 465 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ulbjerg, Skals, Midtjylland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Grove airfield |
On 14 January 1942, Gefr Hugo Hermetter, a student pilot of 3./Jagdgruppe Drontheim (also called in some sources Jagdfl. Schule 3) took off from Grove airfield for a training flight and formed with other pilots a seven aircraft flight flying at high altitude. Suddenly his Bf 109 D WNr 465 was seen to leave the formation and dive vertically into a field belonging to farmer Jacobsen of Ulbjerg at 1150 hrs. The aircraft was a total loss and the pilot was killed. He was laid to rest in Frederikshavn cemetery on the 19th.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/g1942005.shtml
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B8ldrup_Kommune
http://www.maplandia.com/denmark/viborg/moldrup/ulbjerg/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2017 10:16 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 15-Dec-2019 10:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2021 14:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
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