Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 5353,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53795
 
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Date:Thursday 5 September 1940
Time:15:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4
Owner/operator:5./JG 54 Luftwaffe
Registration: 5353
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea SW of Southend, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Hermelinghen landing ground, France
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed while engaged in aerial combat.
Unteroffizier G. Behse did not survive and rests in the Ysselsteyn cemetery in the Netherlands.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0822A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
16-Sep-2020 18:17 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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