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| Date: | Friday 5 November 1943 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./JG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 20733 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | east of Binche, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
| Creil airfield (F) |
Shot down by Allied fighters, probably P-47 Thunderbolts.
In the evening the 5.Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 2 flew from Deelen airfield, near Arnhem, to Creil airfield, France: their home base; on this day the USAAF raided Gelsenkirchen and Münster, Germany.
Pilot:
Oberleutnant Georg Eder / Staffelkapitän and Ritterkreuzträger
Sources:
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/bf-109-bij-binche
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2018 10:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 21-Jan-2019 12:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 27-Mar-2020 10:28 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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