ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49158
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 February 1945 |
| Time: | 13:37 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/R2 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./NAGr.1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 230146 |
| MSN: | schwarze 64 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 3 miles north of Grave, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield (NL) |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
The aircraft was shot down by the 502nd LAA Battery.
22-year-old Leutnant Rudi Metzler bailed out but did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave THH-2-24. His parachute had failed.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5257A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/air/recon/nagr1.htm
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Feb-2020 10:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Feb-2020 10:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 10-Feb-2020 10:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2020 09:36 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 07-May-2021 13:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2022 13:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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