ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220018
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| Date: | Sunday 14 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-9 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 980216 |
| MSN: | rote 1 + |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | approx. 1.5 km west of Stolzenau, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield, the Netherlands |
| Werneuchen airfield in Brandenburg |
Under command of Major G. Capito, the I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader was ordered to the eastern front. The aircraft would have to fly to Werneuchen in Brandenburg first.
Due to fog, takeoff was delayed. Warning came in, that enemy fighter bombers were on their way.
However, when the weather cleared, some aircraft did take off, ignoring the warning. RCAF Supermarine Spitfires of the 401, 411 & 442 Squadrons dove onto the aircraft and took out a stunning number of eleven Focke-Wulfs.
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Rote 1 was damaged by the Canadian Spitfires. Staffelführer Oberleutnant Heinrich Greuner died in a hospital, from the injuries sustained in a crash-landing near Stolzenau.
Sources:
http://www.luchtoorlogboventwente.nl/450114LUF.php
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 1945 | 739269 | 4./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | De Pinte, East Flanders |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2018 11:22 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Dec-2019 16:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Jan-2020 15:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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