Incident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R2 960320,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49418
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:09:40 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R2
Owner/operator:15./JG 3 Luftwaffe
Registration: 960320
MSN: gelbe 12
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Heidsche Peel, Ysselsteyn, Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Gütersloh airfield (G)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 08:22 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.78 Eindhoven airfield.

The aircraft was damaged by Typhoon aircraft of 439 Squadron RCAF from B.78 Eindhoven airfield.
The pilot, Uffz. G. Schmidt, performed a belly-landing and was taken prisoner of war.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4971&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 July 1943 840133 3./JG 1 Luftwaffe 1 hamlet of Noordink, Gelderland w/o
30 July 1943 0720 3./JG 26 Luftwaffe 0 near Heijningen - Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant sub
15 March 1944 340039 6./JG 1 Luftwaffe 0 Twente Airfield, Overijssel sub
14 January 1945 739412 15./JG 3 Luftwaffe 0 Kevelderstraat road, Zieuwent, Gelderland w/o

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
22-Nov-2019 19:16 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
27-Feb-2020 05:33 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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