ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49763
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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1944 |
| Time: | 16:40 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 173806 |
| MSN: | schwarze 7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rees-Wesel area, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Krefeld-Linn airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft crashed in aerial combat with Spitfire aircraft of 442 Squadron RCAF.
The body of the pilot, Ofhr. S. Heindtke, was recovered on the 12th of October and rests at the Gemeindefriedhof in Rees.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4507&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
PV-JG26 (297); Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, s.362
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 June 1943 | 7340 | 5./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | 3 km S of Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 19 August 1943 | 2./JG 26 Luftwaffe | 0 | Vinkenbroek, Noord-Brabant | |
min | |
| 6 March 1944 | 642996 | II./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 0 | Epe, Gelderland | |
sub |
| 4 January 1945 | 739267 | 2./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | Oude Weerseloseweg, Oldenzaal, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 14 January 1945 | 210111 | 2./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | Kooikerweg road, Beuningen, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Oct-2019 08:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2020 20:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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