ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 263616
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| Date: | Thursday 8 April 1943 |
| Time: | 15:10 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./SKG 10 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 142327 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Si-Salah-ben-Kethir, 40 km southwest of Mahares -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Pietro airfield, Italy (base) |
Fw 190 A-4 (W.Nr.142327) received a direct AA hit in the cabin from a 40 mm Bofors gun, between ezzouana and Sfax at 15.10 hours. Aircraft crashed and was totally destroyed.
Leutnant Klemens-Karl Graf von Westerholt / killed
Sources:
Researched by Melvin Brownless A.R. Society with thanks to Mike Young and Matti Salonen, June 2012.
Luftwaffe losses aircrewremembrancesociety3.com
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Schnellkampfgeschwader/SKG10.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2021 18:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
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