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Date: | Sunday 24 May 1942 |
Time: | 13:00 LT |
Type: | Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4/Trop |
Owner/operator: | Stab III./JG 53 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 8791 |
MSN: | schwarze <2 + I |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bari airfield -
Italy
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Comiso airfield |
Destination airport: | Martuba landing grounds, Libya |
Narrative:Überführungsflug - ferry flight.
Oberleutnant Friedrich Below did not survive the accident on takeoff.
Sources:
Prien, JG53, II, page 611
WASt-Gräberkarte
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Libya%20and%20Egypt.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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TigerTimon |
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