Incident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 G-3 160032,
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Date:Monday 2 October 1944
Time:evening
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 G-3
Owner/operator:8./KG 51 Luftwaffe
Registration: 160032
MSN: rote 4
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Arnhem, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Bonn-Hangelar airfield, Germany
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 21:37 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie.
Over Arnhem, the aircraft suffered a direct Flak hit.
The pilot, Ofhr. W. Leipold, bailed out injured and was taken to the military hospital at Arnhem, from where he returned to his unit on the ninth of November.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4454G&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
24 December 1944 490026 4./JG 1 Luftwaffe 0 north of Enschede, Overijssel w/o
14 January 1945 205226 4./JG 1 Luftwaffe 1 Scholtinkstraat 34-40, Losser, Overijssel w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Sep-2019 14:05 TigerTimon Added
09-Dec-2019 15:32 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
16-Jun-2022 07:29 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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