Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 G-3 160818,
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Date:Friday 6 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:7./KG 51 Luftwaffe
Registration: 160818
MSN: weisse 6
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Übach-Palenberg area, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Bonn-Hangelar airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:49 hrs for a Feindflug (operational sortie) against targets in the Übach-Palenberg area.

The pilot, Fhr. O. Kniese, is missing in action.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4491K&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Möller, NSGr, s.178; Liste-RT (Überfälligkeitsmeldung); Horn, KG51, s.369

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 October 1943 550729 1./JG 1 Luftwaffe 1 1 km south of Vroomshoop, Overijssel w/o
23 September 1944 174128 13./JG 54 Luftwaffe 1 area west of Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
1 January 1945 739230 5./JG 1 Luftwaffe 1 missing near Ghent, East Flanders mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Oct-2019 16:49 TigerTimon Added
09-Dec-2019 15:32 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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