ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49451
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 09:45 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./JG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 175049 |
| MSN: | weisse 7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Erp, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Quakenbrück airfield (G) |
Operation - Bodenplatte. Target: B.80 Volkel airfield.
The aircraft was shot down by F/Lt. Gordon of 442 Squadron RCAF, who was flying a Spitfire LF Mk IX from B.88 Heesch airfield.
442 Squadron had taken off for a fighter sweep in the Venlo area when the pilots were surprised by operation Bodenplatte.
Lt. K. Grabmair did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave L-6-139.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4979&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 January 1944 | 430463 | 1./EKdo 25 Luftwaffe | 0 | Eemster, Dwingeloo, Drenthe | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Nov-2019 20:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2020 18:46 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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