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| Date: | Friday 1 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./JG 77 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 140047 |
| MSN: | weisse 9 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Vecchiano -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Metato |
Shot down during aerial combat against a formation of USAAF B-17's; crashed in a field near Vecchiano (some 5km North of Pisa), pilot Uffz. Walter Linkmann did not survive.
Sources:
GQM (#11-22); Prien, JG77, III, page 1760; Mombeek, Internet-Vermißtenliste
Luftwaffe.be
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Nov-2013 15:58 | jollyroger88 | Added |
| 21-May-2017 13:50 | j155 | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 03-Oct-2018 09:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Other fatalities, ] |
| 09-Dec-2023 19:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, ] |
| 11-Dec-2023 23:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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