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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 |
| Owner/operator: | 10./JG 54 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 210079 |
| MSN: | schwarze 12 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Wemmel, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vechtel airfield (Niedersachsen, Germany) |
Bird strike, partridge.
This aircraft was one of the force sent to attack the Allied airfield at Grimsbergen (B60) in Belgium in Operation Bodenplatte on the morning of 1/1/45.
It was brought down by a bird strike which damaged the engine cooling system and a forced landing with the gear up was made on flat open ground near Brussels.
Pilot Leutnant Theo Nibel survived.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_%281945%E2%80%931949%29
NVM (III_JG54, s.48); Urbanke, Fw 190 im E.; Rosipal, JG54-VL
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2011 16:54 | angels one five | Added |
| 10-Aug-2012 12:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 09-Nov-2012 16:50 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jan-2018 08:01 | angels one five | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Apr-2019 18:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 25-Nov-2019 12:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 06-Nov-2022 23:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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