Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6 470046,
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Date:Saturday 8 April 1944
Time:15:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6
Owner/operator:2./JG 26 Luftwaffe
Registration: 470046
MSN: schwarze 1 +
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bad Bentheim, GB, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Lille-Vendeville airfield (F)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
During an attack on B-24 Liberators returning from a raid on aviation industry at Braunschweig, the aircraft was shot down by the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter escort of the 355 FG/357 FS USAAF.
The aircraft was a total loss and the pilot, Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel Emil Babenz, was killed.

Sources:

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Babenz
LW Losses by Michael Balss

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Apr-2019 12:10 TigerTimon Added
13-Mar-2020 15:16 DB Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
25-Jun-2022 04:07 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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