Mid-air collision Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109E 1422,
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Date:Sunday 3 May 1942
Time:17:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109E
Owner/operator:3./Erg.-JGr Ost Luftwaffe
Registration: 1422
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:8 km north of Kraków (Krakau), Lesser Poland Voivodeship -   Poland
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Krakau airfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mid-air collision.

Unteroffizier Walter Kühne did not survive, nor did his colleague Obergefreiter Franz-Josef Kremann.

Sources:

GQM (Michael Balss)
WASt-Gräberkartei
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Apr-2022 08:08 TigerTimon Added
05-Jun-2022 20:14 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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