Incident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 173824,
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Date:Saturday 7 October 1944
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8
Owner/operator:7./JG 26 Luftwaffe
Registration: 173824
MSN: weisse 10 + –
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Kirchhellen airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kirchhellen airfield (G)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Feindflug - operational sortie.
With a malfunction of the landing flaps, the aircraft ended up onto its nose (Kopfstand).
Feldwebel Max Chemnitzer was slightly injured and the damage was assessed at 35%.

Sources:

PV-JG26 (297); Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, s.362

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Oct-2019 09:04 TigerTimon Added
11-Mar-2020 21:29 DG333 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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