Incident Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 10389,
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Date:Saturday 23 January 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2
Owner/operator:1./JG 54 Luftwaffe
Registration: 10389
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:south of Schlüsselburg -   Russia
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Krasnogwardeisk airfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On 23 January 1943 Uffz. Otto Dürkop of 1./JG 54 was captured after his Bf 109 G-2 WNr 10389 "white 11" was shot down in an air battle against Soviet P-40s south of Schlüsselburg.

Sources:

"Die Jagdfliegerverbände der deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945, Teil 9/III: Vom Sommerfeldzug 1942 bis zur Niderlage von Stalingrad 1.5.1942 bis 3.2.1943", by Jochen Prien & co. ISBN 978-3-923457-78-6
JG 54 loss list, by Günther Rosipal (http://www.jg54greenhearts.com/LossList.htm) (no more online)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlisselburg
http://www.maplandia.com/russia/leningradskaya-oblast/vsevolzhskiy-rayon/shlissel-burg/
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG54.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Mar-2018 22:34 Laurent Rizzotti Added
19-Jul-2018 17:30 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source]
24-Mar-2020 14:54 DB Updated [Operator, Operator]

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