ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216061
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| Date: | Thursday 7 October 1943 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0617 |
| MSN: | weisse 5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wielsbeke, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lille/Nord (F) or Grimberghen (B) |
Hit by two Typhoon Mk IB's of No. 198 Squadron RAF. The pilot bailed out, however, too late and too low.
The Focke-Wulf pilot was flying a reconnaissance operation over the North Sea: Lt Johannes Mathiesen.
The Typhoon pilots were flying a Rhubarb operation - low-level strike operation mounted in cloudy condition against enemy targets in Occupied Countries: Squadron Leader J. Bryan DFC and F/Lt V.C. Wittal.
Sources:
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/focke-wulf-bij-wielsbeke
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1943 | 0621 | 4./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | North Sea south of Vlissingen, Zeeland (PQ3261) |  |
w/o |
| 11 February 1944 | 430191 | EKdo 25 Luftwaffe | 1 | Nieuwenhagen, Landgraaf, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | 960322 | 1./JG 6 Luftwaffe | 1 | Volkel - Eindhoven area, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 14 January 1945 | 739325 | 1./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | De Zandbergen, Losser, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 14 January 1945 | 1./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | Overmaatweg, Enschede, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2018 10:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 10:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2019 09:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 12-Dec-2019 17:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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