ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225941
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 21:45 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./SKG 10 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 840006 |
| MSN: | gelbe 1 + |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Filey's Farm, Hawstead, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saint-André-de-l’Eure airfield (F) |
This aircraft was seen on fire in the air, flying in a westerly direction when the fuel tanks exploded, the aircraft disintegrating in mid air. A 500 kg bomb was carried which continued for some distance after the main wreckage had struck the ground before exploding.
The pilot, Staffelführer and Ritterkreuzträger Hauptmann Kurt Geisler, was killed.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless with thanks to Nigel Parker.
Sources:
1. Luftwaffe losses aircrewremembrancesociety3.com
2. GQM (#11-21); The Blitz, Then&Now, s.294; Obermaier, s.117; VDK
3. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Schnellkampfgeschwader/SKG10.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jun-2019 19:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Jul-2019 14:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 28-Feb-2020 14:44 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator] |
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