ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223452
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| Date: | Thursday 2 September 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 11./JG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 18620 |
| MSN: | gelbe W + ~ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea 100 km S of Capri island -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Foggia - San Severo airfield (I) |
The aircraft went missing in aerial combat with P-38 Lightnings.
The pilot, Feldwebel Friedrich Porth, is missing in action, too.
Feindflug (operational sortie). In turn, four pilots of the 11. Staffel made five P-38 claims. They were Leutnant Hermann Schmied, Oberleutnant Gustav Frielinghaus, Unteroffizier Egon Schulz and Feldwebel Rasso Förg.
Sources:
1.LW Losses by Michael Balss
2.LW Claims by Michael Balss
3.http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=18620
4.Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2019 11:15 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Mar-2019 13:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 16:08 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2022 04:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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