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Date: | Saturday 6 January 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 |
Owner/operator: | 3./JG 54 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 1249 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sabile -
Latvia
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Uffz Artur Gärtner of 3./JG 54 was wounded on 6 January 1945 when his Fw 190 A-5 WNr 1249 "white 4" was shot down in error by German Flak near Sabile airfield (called Zabeln by Germans). He bailed out. Gärtner was then an ace with 21+ victories.
Sources:
JG 54 loss list, by Günther Rosipal (http://www.jg54greenhearts.com/LossList.htm)
Luftwaffe claim lists by Tony Wood and Jim Perry (http://lesbutler.co.uk/claims/tonywood.htm)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabile Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jan-2017 07:31 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Added |
28-Apr-2019 18:38 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |