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| Date: | Saturday 8 April 1944 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 470046 |
| MSN: | schwarze 1 + |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bad Bentheim, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lille-Vendeville airfield (F) |
During an attack on B-24 Liberators returning from a raid on aviation industry at Braunschweig, the aircraft was shot down by the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter escort of the 355 FG/357 FS USAAF.
The aircraft was a total loss and the pilot, Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel Emil Babenz, was killed.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Babenz
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2019 12:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 13-Mar-2020 15:16 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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