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| Date: | Monday 1 February 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./JG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 319 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hjeltefjorden, north of Herdla airfield, northwest of Bergen -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 1st February 1943 during an interception flight the Fw 190 A-3 WNr 319 of Uffz Josef Sommeregger of 1./JG 5 was shot down in error by Flak gunners of a German ship and it crashed in the Hjeltefjorden, north of Herdla airfield, northwest of Bergen. The pilot survived with burns on the head and hands.
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herdla
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjeltefjorden
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2017 14:40 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 27-Feb-2020 06:02 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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