ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50936
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| Date: | Thursday 10 February 1944 |
| Time: | 14:50 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | gelbe 8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Volkel Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel airfield (NL) |
Zusammenstoss mit Lkw der Flugleitung. The pilot, Leutnant Kaiser, survived.
The aircraft collided with the lorry of the Flugabfertigung, the air traffic controller.
A non-commissioned officer was seated in this 'glass house' who could warn landing aircraft with flares at the last minute when, for example, the landing gear had not been properly lowered.
On this day, the USAAF raided industrial areas at Braunschweig (Germany) and Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
Damage: 90%
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3398B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1622
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 August 1943 | 20466 | 3./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 0 | 'Vossenberg I' industrial area (Atlasstraat), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 8 October 1943 | 15726 | 6./JG 11 Luftwaffe | 1 | Sellingen, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
| 24 September 1944 | 462664 | 11./JG 4 Luftwaffe | 0 | Kamervoort road, Angeren, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Feb-2019 20:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2019 08:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 18:56 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 08:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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