Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4 332314,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49427
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:09:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4
Owner/operator:11./JG 27 Luftwaffe
Registration: 332314
MSN: gelbe 4 + I
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:500 metres west of Wassenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Achmer airfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Bodenplatte. Target: B.58 Brussels/Melsbroek, Belgium.

The aircraft crashed due to hitting trees, followed by an impact fire.
Unteroffizier H. Frickmann (20) rests in the Wassenberg Kriegsgräberstätte.

Sources:

SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5062
Prien, III.& IV./JG27, page 336; Manrho, Bodenplatte, page 282; Errata on Bodenplatte 5; HW5 (644)

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
2 October 1944 460414 9./JG 53 Luftwaffe 0 near Arnhem, Gelderland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
25-Nov-2019 12:35 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Nov-2019 12:36 TigerTimon Updated [Damage]
18-Feb-2020 16:20 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Country, Departure airport, Operator]
24-Jun-2022 22:21 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Narrative]
17-Oct-2022 10:23 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
17-Oct-2022 10:23 TigerTimon Updated [Phase]

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