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| Date: | Thursday 21 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./JG 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5495 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | in the Herdlefjorden north off Herdla airfield, between Herdla island -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 21 January 1943 Uffz. Kurt Neldner of 3./JG 5 died after an emergency landing on sea, in the Herdlefjorden north off Herdla airfield, between Herdla island and Skjelanger. He was flying the Fw 190 A-3 WNr 5495 (or 5485).
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120320130812/http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/luftwaffe1.html
http://www.luftwaffe.no/SIG/Losses/tap43.html (no more online)
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herdlefjorden
http://www.getamap.net/maps/norway/hordaland/_herdla/
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2018 10:11 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 28-Feb-2020 14:28 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Operator, ] |
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