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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1944 |
| Time: | 16:40 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 171517 |
| MSN: | blaue 2 + |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 km south of Niedermörmter, Kalkar, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Krefeld-Linn airfield (G) |
Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft crashed in aerial combat with 442 Squadron RCAF Spitfires.
The pilot, Feldwebel Paul Jentzsch, was killed.
Sources:
PV-JG26 (297); Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, s.362
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2019 08:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Mar-2020 21:27 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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