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| Date: | Wednesday 27 September 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 G-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./KG 51 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 160635 |
| MSN: | weisse 4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nijmegen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bonn-Hangelar airfield, Germany |
The aircraft failed to return from a Feindflug (operational sortie) against targets in the Nijmegen area.
In the evening of the 26th at 23:53 hrs, the 190 had taken off together with other Focke-Wulfs. The first wave consisted of 21 aircraft, the second wave of 16 machines.
The pilot, Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier H. Henpf, is missing in action but his remains probably rest at Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg) as unknown.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T4396
Google Maps
Möller, NSGr, s.173; Liste-RT (Überfälligkeitsmeldung); summ.VLM (848, 30.9.44, 1); VDK
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2019 16:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Dec-2019 15:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 16-Jun-2022 07:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 26-Sep-2024 14:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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