ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228051
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| Date: | Monday 2 October 1944 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./JG 53 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 166016 |
| MSN: | gelbe 21 + I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km north of Deelen airfield, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Paderborn airfield, Germany |
Takeoff at 10:10 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft was shot down by an RAF Spitfire. The 21-year-old pilot, Kuno Piecknick, was missing in action until 2022 when his mortal remains were officially identified. Today his grave is in Ysselsteyn cemetery, Limburg, after having been buried in Zypendaal cemetery near Arnhem.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T4453B
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-280.html
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2019 12:43 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Sep-2019 13:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 16:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 07:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Sep-2022 19:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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