ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233125
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1945 |
| Time: | 15:20 |
| Type: |  Bücker Bü-181B-2 Bestmann |
| Owner/operator: | I./KG(J) 54 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 120554 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Giebelstadt airfield, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Giebelstadt airfield (G) |
The OKL Lw.FüSt Ic Lagemeldungen for 21 February 1945 reported two attacks on Giebelstadt airfield:
_ the first at 1220 hrs, with 4 HE and 200 incendiary bombs and strafing: 1 Me 262 was damaged and 2 men wounded.
_ the second between 1516 and 1526 hrs by 11 Mustangs: 1 Me 262 and 1 Bü 181 destroyed, 1 killed and 1 wounded.
The Gen.Qu. loss returns show that the Bü 181 C-3 WNr 120554 of I./KG(J) 54 was damaged beyond repair (at 75%) and the Me 262 A-1 WNr 111630 of the same unit was damaged at 35%, both by strafing attacks.
Regarding the human losses, Oblt Christian Wunder, the Staffelkapitän of 3./KG(J) 54, and an aircraft mechanic from the same Staffel, Ogefr Gerhard Drews, were killed by bomb shrapnel, while an aircraft Mechanic of 2./KG54, Ogefr Pyttel, was wounded while manning his anti-aircraft MG. According to one book, this occured when Giebelstadt was attacked by P-47 Thunderbolts.
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=52013
http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/2018/verlustliste_kampfgeschwader-54_1944-1945_wk2.html
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2020 11:28 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 22-Feb-2020 09:40 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 03-Aug-2021 15:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
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