ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228732
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| Date: | Saturday 16 September 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 732007 |
| MSN: | blaue 11 + – |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Jülich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Coesfeld airfield (G) |
Feindflug - operational sortie. The aircraft had taken off for an operation against enemy fighter-bombers.
Over the front lines in the greater Aachen area, the aircraft was hit by 20 mm German Flak whilst flying at low level, following aerial combat. The pilot, Leutnant Josef Grimmer, bailed out at a height of 250 metres, wounded.
Sources:
PV-JG26 (286); Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, s.349
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2019 19:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 25-Mar-2020 09:53 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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