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| Date: | Tuesday 4 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 12./JG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 132207 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Frøysjøen fjord -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 4 January 1944 Uffz. Josef Brenner of 12./JG 5 was killed when his Fw 190 A-3 Wnr 132207 crashed for an unknow reason in the Frøysjøen fjord south of Bremanger, 30 km north of Florø, during a convoy escort flight. His Rottenführer, Fw Simme, did not see anything, only that he was gone.
Sources:
“Jagdgeschwader 5 Eismeerjäger: Eine Chronik aus Dokumenten U. Berichten: 1941-1945“, by Werner Girbig. ISBN 3-87943-365-8
http://web.archive.org/web/20120320130812/http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/luftwaffe1.html
http://www.luftwaffe.no/SIG/Losses/tap43.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.luftwaffe.be/miajg5.html]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremanger
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=61.750000&lon=4.950000&z=10 (approximate location)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2017 14:01 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 05-Jan-2017 05:06 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 10-Mar-2020 15:19 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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