ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220410
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 |
| Owner/operator: | 11./JG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 600145 |
| MSN: | gelbe 4 + I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kausen, Großmaischeid, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ettinghausen airfield, Hessen |
The III./JG 2 took off from Ettinghausen to take part in operation Bodenplatte but soon suffered a first casualty. Over the Westerwald, a thick black smoke began to trail from the engine of the Fw 190 D-9 WNr 600145 "yellow 4" of Uffz Fritz Altpeter of 11./JG 2. In the strict radio silence the other pilots saw him lose rapidly height and hit the ground and explode at Dierdorf, reportedly at 09:15 hrs. The pilot had not enough time to bail out and was killed.
Sources:
Manrho, Bodenplatte, page 279
"Le Focke Wulf 190. Docavia 15", by Jean-Yes Lorant and Jean-Bernard Frappé. No ISBN. 1981
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bodenplatte
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dierdorf
http://www.maplandia.com/germany/rheinland-pfalz/koblenz/neuwied/dierdorf/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jan-2019 18:30 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 28-Apr-2019 18:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Nov-2019 20:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 15-Nov-2019 20:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2019 20:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
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