ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50024
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 September 1944 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-7 |
| Owner/operator: | 14./JG 54 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 431173 |
| MSN: | schwarze 7 + ~ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lunen hamlet, Wijchen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Plantlünne airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 08:50 hrs for a Feindflug (operational sortie).
During a low-level strafing run, the aircraft was hit in the engine by ground fire and exploded in mid-air.
The pilot, Feldwebel E. Gottstein, did not survive and is buried at Ysselsteyn cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4216&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Rosipal, JG54
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Sep-2019 09:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2020 20:30 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator] |
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