ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50879
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| Date: | Monday 21 February 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 410874 |
| MSN: | schwarze 6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer, near Elburg, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel airfield (NL) |
The aircraft was shot down in aerial combat with the USAAF.
The pilot, Feldwebel E. Mattern, did not survive. His lifeless body was recovered by a fishing boat west of Elburg (Gelderland) on 28 April 1944 and was buried at Amsterdam.
Feindflug (operational sortie).
21 February was the second day of Operation Argument AKA the 'Big Week' offensive.
On this day, the USAAF raided the following airfields:
- Fliegerhorst Achmer, Niedersachsen
- Fliegerhorst Diepholz, Niedersachsen
- Fliegerhorst Quakenbrück, Niedersachsen
- Einsatzhafen Ahlhorn, Niedersachsen
- Einsatzhafen Hesepe, Niedersachsen
- Einsatzhafen Vörden, Niedersachsen
- Fliegerhorst Gütersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Hopsten, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Lippstadt, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Münster-Handorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Fliegerhorst Werl, Nordrhein-Westfalen
In addition, aircraft industry (at Braunschweig, Hannover and Lingen (Niedersachsen)) and marshalling yards (at Coevorden (Drenthe, the Netherlands) and Lingen (Niedersachsen, Germany)) were bombed.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3442&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1636
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 March 1942 | 8604 | 5./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | North Sea 8 km off Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Feb-2019 20:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2020 18:54 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jun-2022 11:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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