Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 171539,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50105
 
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Date:Monday 18 September 1944
Time:afternoon
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 26 Luftwaffe
Registration: 171539
MSN: blaue 10
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Munstergeleen, Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Krefeld-Linn airfield (G)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Feindflug (operational sortie).
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed; the pilot, Ofhr. K. Willi, did not survive and is buried at Ysselsteyn cemetery.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4147&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, s.353

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 December 1944 682306 8./JG 6 Luftwaffe 1 Oldenzaal, Overijssel w/o
1 January 1945 960547 8./JG 1 Luftwaffe 1 Zeedorp, Ossenisse, Zeeland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
07-Sep-2019 15:32 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Sep-2019 15:32 TigerTimon Updated [Source]
25-Mar-2020 09:46 DB Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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