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Date: | Thursday 12 February 1942 |
Time: | 12:30 approx |
Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2 |
Owner/operator: | 9./JG 26 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 120068 |
MSN: | gelbe 1 + I |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | English Channel north of Calais -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Calais-Coquelles airfield |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation - Cerberus.
Crashed in aerial combat with 72 Squadron Spitfires.
The body of Oberfeldwebel Eduard Koslowski washed ashore and he was buried at the Heldenfriedhof Abbeville ( Somme département).
Sources:
GQM (#5); Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, page 540
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Feb-2022 19:40 |
TigerTimon |
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07-Feb-2022 19:41 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |