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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 G-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./KG 51 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 160818 |
| MSN: | weisse 6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Übach-Palenberg area, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bonn-Hangelar airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Takeoff at 22:49 hrs for a Feindflug (operational sortie) against targets in the Übach-Palenberg area.
The pilot, Fhr. O. Kniese, is missing in action.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4491K&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Möller, NSGr, s.178; Liste-RT (Überfälligkeitsmeldung); Horn, KG51, s.369
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2019 16:49 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Dec-2019 15:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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