Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14 780823,
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Date:Thursday 5 October 1944
Time:15:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14
Owner/operator:9./JG 27 Luftwaffe
Registration: 780823
MSN: weisse 5 + I
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Arnhem-Nijmegen, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Köln-Wahn airfield (G)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 14:20 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft was shot down by Supermarine Spitfires of 403 Squadron RCAF.
The pilot, Ofhr. B. Bruns, is missing in action.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4462K&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Oct-2019 05:19 TigerTimon Added
02-Oct-2019 05:19 TigerTimon Updated [Departure airport]
02-Oct-2019 05:32 TigerTimon Updated [Cn]
11-Mar-2020 21:18 DG333 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
05-Jun-2021 07:56 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Location, Country, Narrative]
16-Jun-2022 07:08 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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