ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50865
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./JG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 161770 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Creil airfield (F) |
| Eindhoven airfield (NL) |
The aircraft was strafed at by a low flying P-47 Thunderbolt following landing at Eindhoven.
The pilot, Ofhr. W. von Gernler, did not survive and is buried at Ysselsteyn cemetery.
Feindflug (operational sortie).
22 February is the third day of Operation Argument AKA 'Big Week'. The USAAF raided aviation industry at Aschersleben, Bernburg and Halberstadt, Germany. In addition, several targets of opportunity in Germany and the Netherlands were bombed.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3461B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/790
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Feb-2019 08:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 16:21 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 01:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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