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| Date: | Thursday 2 September 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./JG 53 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 160022 |
| MSN: | schwarze 1 + I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea 50 km SW of Ischia Island, Campania -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cancello airfield, Campania |
Ritterkreuzträger and Staffelkapitän of the 8. Staffel, Oberleutnant Franz Schieß, is missing in action following aerial combat with USAAF B-25 bombers and P-38 Lightnings.
Feindflug (operational sortie). The final one of 540 operational sorties.
Sources:
LW Losses by Michael Balss
LW Claims by Michael Balss
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=schie%C3%9F
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2019 13:49 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Mar-2019 13:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, ] |
| 24-Mar-2020 16:12 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 18-Apr-2022 04:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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