ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 263206
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 09:43 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 15./JG 54 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 171085 |
| MSN: | schwarze < + |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Kirchhellen airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vörden airfield, Niedersachsen (takeoff at 08:15 hrs) |
| target: B.58 Brussels/Melsbroek, Belgium |
Contact with tree on a strafing run, crash-landing at Kirchhellen.
After hitting the tree, the whole right wing was battered. On landing, the right-hand brake circuit failed making the Focke-Wulf turn sharply to the left, the right-hand landing gear collapsing.
The pilot Unteroffizier Rudolf Walter was unhurt. The damage was assessed as 35%.
Sources:
Rosipal, JG54; Errata on Bodenplatte 5
Bodenplatte The Luftwaffe's Last Hope
The Attack on Allied Airfields New Years Day 1945
by John Manrho & Ron Pütz
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2021 08:53 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-May-2021 09:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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