Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6 550575,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50782
 
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Date:Thursday 23 March 1944
Time:13:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6
Owner/operator:6./JG 26 Luftwaffe
Registration: 550575
MSN: blaue 13
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Liempde, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Cambrai-Niergnies airfield (F)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed in aerial combat with USAAF B-17 Flying Fortresses that were operating against targets in Germany.
The pilot, Unteroffizier Dieter Menz, did not survive the crash and was initially buried at Eindhoven-Woensel. He now rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery.

Feindflug (operational sortie).

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3547&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/835
Google Maps
LW Losses by Michael Balss
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
1 January 1945 737405 4./JG 6 Luftwaffe 1 De Rips, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
21-Mar-2019 18:46 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Mar-2019 18:49 TigerTimon Updated [Departure airport, Source]
26-Mar-2020 15:31 DB Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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