ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49477
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| Date: | Friday 29 December 1944 |
| Time: | 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./JG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 682306 |
| MSN: | blaue 10 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oldenzaal, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Quakenbrück airfield (G) |
The aircraft was shot down in aerial combat with 401 Squadron RCAF Spitfire LF Mk IX fighter aircraft from B.88 Heesch airfield. The Spitfires were flying an armed recce operation in the Rheine-Lingen area, Germany.
The pilot, Uffz. W. Miebach, was initially buried at Enschede, but now rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave Q-1-20.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4873&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 September 1944 | 171539 | 4./JG 26 Luftwaffe | 1 | Munstergeleen, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 1 January 1945 | 960547 | 8./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | Zeedorp, Ossenisse, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Oct-2019 18:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2019 18:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 27-Feb-2020 06:00 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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