Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5/U8 52624,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225940
 
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Date:Saturday 22 May 1943
Time:16:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5/U8
Owner/operator:3./SKG 10 Luftwaffe
Registration: 52624
MSN: gelbe 5 +
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:English Channel 25 miles NW of Neufchâtel-Hardelot, Pas-de-Calais -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:possibly Saint-André-de-l’Eure airfield, France
Destination airport:
Narrative:
This aircraft was was shot down between 0320 & 0445 hours by S/L E. D. Crew & F/O F. French in a Mosquito of No.85 Squadron.
The pilot, Unteroffizier Fritz Kolz, is missing in action.

Sources:

1. Luftwaffe losses aircrewremembrancesociety3.com
2. GQM (#10-17)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Jun-2019 19:03 TigerTimon Added
08-Jun-2019 19:04 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
08-Jun-2019 19:06 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
28-Feb-2020 14:34 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Operator]

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