ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49263
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| Date: | Sunday 14 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | weisse 5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Overmaatweg, Enschede, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield (NL) |
| Werneuchen airfield (G) |
Under command of Major G. Capito, the I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader was ordered to the eastern front. The aircraft would have to fly to Werneuchen in Brandenburg first.
Due to fog, takeoff was delayed. Warning came in, that enemy fighter bombers were on their way.
However, when the weather cleared, some aircraft did take off, ignoring the warning. RCAF Supermarine Spitfires of the 401, 411 & 442 Squadrons dove onto the aircraft and took out a stunning number of eleven Focke-Wulfs.
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Weisse 5 was shot down by a Canadian Spitfire. Unteroffizier W.H. Mämpel did not survive and was buried at Enschede. He now rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave Q-2-28.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5103&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.luchtoorlogboventwente.nl/450114LUF.php
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1943 | 0621 | 4./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | North Sea south of Vlissingen, Zeeland (PQ3261) | |
w/o |
| 7 October 1943 | 0617 | 1./JG 26 Luftwaffe | 1 | Wielsbeke, West Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 11 February 1944 | 430191 | EKdo 25 Luftwaffe | 1 | Nieuwenhagen, Landgraaf, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | 960322 | 1./JG 6 Luftwaffe | 1 | Volkel - Eindhoven area, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Dec-2018 13:17 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2020 13:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2020 18:35 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 07:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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