ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183909
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| Date: | Thursday 1 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 A-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./KG 54 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 142407 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bizerte – Sidi Ahmed airfield -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Piacenza airfield, Italy |
| Bizerte – Sidi Ahmed airfield |
The plane, equipped for transporting fuel, collided with a Bf 109 on approach to the airfield. The plane crashed and the four occupants died in the crash.
Call Sign: B3+KS
Sources:
http://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/index.php/Thread/37043-KG-54-8-Staffel-Tunesien-1943/
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kampfgeschwader/KG54.htm
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Tunisia.pdf
Radtke, KG54, page 360
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2016 08:21 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Apr-2018 14:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2018 14:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 09-Apr-2018 14:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2019 17:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2022 08:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
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