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| Date: | Tuesday 3 October 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Arado Ar 68 |
| Owner/operator: | 10.(N)/JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 1907 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | near Bad Nieuweschans, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | based at Bonn-Hangelar airfield, Germany |
The pilot, who had taken off for a night flight, lost his bearings and, with fuel shortage force-landed in the neutral Netherlands.
Feldwebel H. Zimmermann was interned.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0004&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
GQM (#1-1); Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, s.550; NVM (ZG26_Stab)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2019 14:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Sep-2019 14:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 10-Dec-2019 17:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 13-Jun-2022 02:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 14-Jun-2022 08:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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