ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53125
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| Date: | Saturday 27 September 1941 |
| Time: | 14:18 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 |
| Owner/operator: | I./JG 52 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 8165 |
| MSN: | schwarze <4 + |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 400 m E of Katwijk Airfield, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Katwijk airfield |
| Orscha in the Soviet Union (final destination) |
The aircraft suffered engine trouble immediately after becoming airborne. Unteroffizier F. Geissler did not survive the ensuing crash-landing. The damage was assessed as 95%. The Luftwaffe pilot currently rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg.
The I./Jagdgeschwader 52 was ordered to the Eastern Front and departed Katwijk airfield on the 27th of September.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1278&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
GQM (#4-6); Fast, JG 52, IV, page 52; Barbas, V.II page 81
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Apr-2020 15:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2020 15:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 18-Jun-2022 03:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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