Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109 Yellow,
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Date:Friday 10 May 1940
Time:10:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Owner/operator:3./JG 27 Luftwaffe
Registration: Yellow
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sint-Truiden Airfield, Limburg -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Bf 109E flown by Feldwebel Hoppe of 3/JG 27 who died in the crash.
Shot down by Lieutenant Dufossez (5/III/2 Aéronautique Militaire Belge - Fairey Fox VI)

Sources:

http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/belgium_dufossez.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Jan-2011 11:48 ThW Added
28-Jan-2011 04:14 ThW Updated [Aircraft type]
10-Jan-2012 07:29 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Narrative]
30-Sep-2015 05:45 sandman56 Updated [Registration, Narrative]
09-Dec-2019 16:35 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
07-Nov-2022 14:17 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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