Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 737405,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49372
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:09:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8
Owner/operator:4./JG 6 Luftwaffe
Registration: 737405
MSN: blaue 13
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:De Rips, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Delmenhorst airfield, Germany
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 08:15 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.80 Volkel airfield.

The aircraft was hit by Allied AA fire and crashed.
Uffz. K. Fries did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave TD-4-45.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4978&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 March 1944 550575 6./JG 26 Luftwaffe 1 near Liempde, Noord-Brabant w/o

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
23-Nov-2019 20:31 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
27-Feb-2020 05:39 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Operator]

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