Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4 330119,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49440
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:morning
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4
Owner/operator:10./JG 77 Luftwaffe
Registration: 330119
MSN: rote 12
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:east of Wijchen, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Dortmund-Brackel airfield (G)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Bodenplatte. Target: B-70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium.

The aircraft was shot down by Allied fighters.
21-year-old Leutnant Hans-Jürgen Schumacher did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave THH-7-79.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5066&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 February 1941 1780 1./JG 1 Luftwaffe 0 Schiphol Airfield, Noord-Holland sub

Media:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
25-Nov-2019 11:18 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
27-Feb-2020 18:59 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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