ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51224
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| Date: | Thursday 25 November 1943 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./JG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 140001 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 25 November 1943 Uffz Walter Huhnke of 7./JG 2 was killed when his Bf 109 G-6 WNr 140001 hit a water tower and crashed at 1700 hrs at Zevenbergen, 20 km northwest of Breda, Netherlands, during a ferry flight. The reason of the collision is listed as "darkness" in the German loss list.
Huhnke had been born on 2 September 1920 and is now buried in Ysselsteyn German War Cemetery.
Sources:
"Die Jagdfliegerverbände der deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945. Teil 10/IV: Einsatz im Westen 1.1.-31.12.1943", by Jochen Prien & co. ISBN 978-3-923457-92-2
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3116&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.volksbund.de/index.php?id=1775&tx_igverlustsuche_pi2[gid]=838ae308e17fb52db8410b158c2d45c9
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zevenbergen_%28Moerdijk%29
http://www.maplandia.com/netherlands/noord-brabant/zevenbergen-51-39-0-n-4-36-0-e/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Nov-2015 16:28 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Nov-2018 08:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 25-Mar-2020 09:40 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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