ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267894
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| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1944 |
| Time: | 14:40 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 170309 |
| MSN: | blaue 4 + – |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kirchhellen airfield (base) |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
Aerial combat with P-51 Mustang aircraft of the 4th Fighter Group USAAF.
The aircraft had taken off for a Jabo-Jagd operation in the Liège - Aachen - Mönchengladbach area flying in Staffelverband.
(FF) Unteroffizier Holzleitner, Johann / Rottenflieger of Oberfähnrich Schulwitz
Sources:
Personalverluste-JG26 (290); Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, page 351
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2021 08:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
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