Date:	Sunday 23 February 1941
Time:
Type:	Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4
Owner/operator:	1./JG 1 Luftwaffe
Registration:	5337
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Waddenzee near De Kooy, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Katwijk airfield (NL)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On 23 February 1941 Fw. August Hofer of 1./JG 1 was killed when his Bf 109 E-4 WNr 5337 crashed at sea in the Waddenzee off De Kooy.

"Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945, Teil 5: Heimatverteidigung 10. Mai 1940 bis 31. Dezember 1941. Einsatz im Mittelmeerraum Oktober 1940 bis November 1941. Einsatz Im Westen 22. Juni bis 31. Dezember 1941. Die Ergänzungsjagdgruppen Einsatz 1941 bis zur Auflösung Anfang 1942", by Jochen Prien & al, ISBN 3-923457-68-5
"JG 1. L'histoire de la Jagdgeschwader 1 'Oesau'", by Eric Mombeek. ISBN 2-9509485-2-9
http://wo2-hoekschewaard.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/register19411.pdf
http://www.maplandia.com/netherlands/noord-holland/de-kooy/
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG1.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
01-Dec-2017 16:46	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative]
13-Jul-2019 19:38	TigerTimon	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source]
12-Mar-2020 18:12	DG333	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
15-Jun-2022 08:24	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]