ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50741
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| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1944 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang III |
| Owner/operator: | 65 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FX896 |
| MSN: | YT- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wehl, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Grimbergen (B.60) Belgium |
On 17 September,1944, in Grimbergen at 14:25 hrs eight Mustangs took to the air for an offensive patrol to support operation Market Garden. Just about two hours later only six returned. Aircraft FX896 of Flight Lieutenant D.G. Metzler was one of the two aircraft lost. Following a dogfight with a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A of II./JG 6 the aircraft crashed near Wehl. F/L Metzeler lost his life and is buried in Oosterbeek Cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4045&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
LW Claims by Michael Balss
Google Maps
http://www.ww2museums.com/article/2198/Memorial-Mustang-FZ125.htm
http://www.marketgarden.com/database/roll1/view.php?id=1597
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 September 1944 | FB129 | 65 (East India) Sqn RAF | 0 | Winssen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 15 September 1944 | FB203 | 65 (East India) Sqn RAF | 0 | Herwijnen, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Oct-2011 16:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2011 00:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-May-2013 06:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Sep-2019 19:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2019 19:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2019 04:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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