ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50233
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 August 1944 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./JG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 441988 |
| MSN: | <1 + – |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nijensleek, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sachau airfield (G) |
During aerial combat, the aircraft was hit and on fire. The pilot, Unteroffizier Rudolf Schierghofer, bailed out, injured.
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this day, the USAAF raided several Luftwaffe airfields, according to Mission 554: 932 bombers and 443 fighters are dispatched to attack 11 airfields in NW Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium in conjunction with 1,000 Royal Air Force (RAF) heavy bombers and Mosquitos raiding 9 airfields in the Netherlands and Belgium; 16 bombers and 5 fighters are lost.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3936&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Liste-Ring; NL-Verl.Reg 1944
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' for airfield
'THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History'
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Jul-2019 18:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 10:17 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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