ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49599
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 November 1944 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: | Messerschmitt Me 262 A-2a |
| Owner/operator: | 3./KG 51 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 170122 |
| MSN: | 9K+KL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near 'Mariahof' farm, Vlierdensedijk, Helmond, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rheine airfield, Germany |
Hit by AAA and crashed. The pilot died in the crash.
Messerschmitt Me 262 of 3./KG 51, shot down over B.86 Helmond during a raid on the airfield by a 40mm Bofors gun crew of No. 2875 (Anti-Aircraft) Squadron, RAF Regiment. Pilot was Oberleutnant Rudolf Rösch, Staffelkapitän 3./Kampfgeschwader 51. The aircraft (9K+KL) crashed at Mariahof farm, Het Geremt, south of the Helmond-Deurne rail line.
The pilot is buried at an unknown location.
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1944%20sec_tcm5-7285.pdf
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/103976/Crashlocatie-Messerschmitt-Me-262A-2a-170120.htm
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211700
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/26062/Rösch-Rudolf.htm
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4749&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' page 403
Images:
Imperial War Museums
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Sep-2018 12:18 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2019 13:56 | Richard | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2019 14:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 15:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Aug-2021 10:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Photo] |
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