Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 960729,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49413
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:morning
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8
Owner/operator:1./JG 1 Luftwaffe
Registration: 960729
MSN: weisse 3
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Twente airfield (NL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 08:12 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.65 Maldegem, Belgium.

The aircraft was hit by 'friendly', German Flak.
The pilot, Uffz. E. Comtesse, did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave AI-1-21.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4956&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 July 1942 0336 4./JG 1 Luftwaffe 1 Woensdrecht Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
28 July 1943 7375 2./JG 26 Luftwaffe 0 Dubbeldam, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland w/o
17 August 1943 140620 1./JG 26 Luftwaffe 0 Venlo Airfield, Limburg sub
24 January 1944 SS 1 Luftwaffe 0 Venlo Airfield, Limburg w/o
22 February 1944 642007 9./JG 2 Luftwaffe 1 Barteweg, Oud Gastel, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
16-Nov-2019 19:38 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Feb-2020 05:58 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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