ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193900
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 February 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./JG 52 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lachen-Speyerdorf airfield, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
During a training flight two Bf 109 E-1 of 1./JG 52 collided in the air south of Ludwigshafen. One crashed and burned near Hockenheim after its pilot had baled out unhurt. The other pilot managed to reach Lachen-Speyerdorf airfield and to crash-land here. He was also unhurt but his fighter was also wrecked.
Sources:
http://www.jg52.net/kriegstagebuch/1940/
“The Battle of France Then and Now”, by Peter D. Cornwell. ISBN 9-781870-067652
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugplatz_Lachen-Speyerdorf
https://www.google.de/maps/search/49.330833,8.205278/@49.330833,8.205278,11120m/data=!4m2!2m1!4b1?dg=dbrw&newdg=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2017 17:52 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 26-Jan-2020 16:58 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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