ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233273
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| Date: | Thursday 25 February 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 10./SKG 10 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 0142501 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Oued Ellil, west of Tunis -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Gabes-West airfield |
| Sidi Ahmed |
In late afternoon, III./SKG 10 left Gabes-West airfield because it was needed to support a new offensive on the northern front. During the transfer flight to Sidi Ahmed, the engine of the Fw 190 A-4 WNr 0142501 of Ofw Jacob Plank of 10./SKG 10 failed and the fighter crashed near Oued Ellil, south of the road between Tunis and Djedeida. Plank was killed. He had flown his last mission, his 45th in Tunisia, the same afternoon.
Sources:
"Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in North Africa", by Andrew Arthy and Morten Jessen, ISBN 1-903223-45-8, page 118
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/120660610/jakob-plank
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oued_Ellil
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oued_Ellil#/maplink/0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Feb-2020 11:52 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 28-Feb-2020 14:33 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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