Incident Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 165846,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50242
 
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Date:Tuesday 15 August 1944
Time:13:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6
Owner/operator:10./JG 53 Luftwaffe
Registration: 165846
MSN: weisse 10 + I
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Tilgrupsweg road, Appelscha, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Sachau airfield (G)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed in aerial combat with P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft.
The pilot, Gefreiter Erich Kölsch, 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=T3939A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Prien, JG53, III, s.1409
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' for airfield

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
25 March 1942 7576 7./JG 53 Luftwaffe 1 Mediterranean Sea 30 km south of Marina di Ragusa, Sicily w/o
18 September 1944 413705 9./JG 27 Luftwaffe 1 near Nijmegen, Gelderland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
20-Jul-2019 18:37 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Jul-2019 18:37 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
27-Mar-2020 10:14 DB Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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