Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5 7320,
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Date:Friday 14 May 1943
Time:19:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5
Owner/operator:5./JG 26 Luftwaffe
Registration: 7320
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Hulst, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Vitry-en-Artois airfield, France
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by a P-47.

Operation: Feindflug (operational flight), to counter the raid on Antwerpen, Belgium.
Pilot:
Flugzeugführer Leutnant H-J. Rüskamp Luftwaffe France 32-10-381 Parachute did not open. Died near Kemzeke (B), buried Bourdon near Abbeville

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2324B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://db.wingstovictory.nl/database_detail-du.php?wtv_id=255

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-May-2018 17:34 TigerTimon Added
11-Apr-2019 18:26 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
12-Dec-2019 18:13 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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