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| Date: | Friday 19 June 1942 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 120285 |
| MSN: | gelbe 9 + – |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Woensdrecht airfield |
Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft hit the water while engaged in aerial combat with Norwegian Spitfires. The pilot could not pull up from a dive onto a Spitfire.
Unteroffizier Herbert Brakebusch is missing in action.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1605B
GQM (#6-9); NVM (II./JG1, 20.6.42); Prien/Rodeike, JG 1/11, page 593
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2017 21:17 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-Jun-2017 21:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 12-Dec-2019 16:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 30-Apr-2020 21:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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