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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 175044 |
| MSN: | schwarze <| + |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near B.61 Sint-Denijs-Westrem Airfield, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield (NL) |
Takeoff at 08:12 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.65 Maldegem airfield.
The aircraft was damaged by a 308 'Krakowski' Squadron Spitfire Mk IX and crashed.
The pilot, Feldwebel Fritz Hofmann, bailed out and was taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Prien/Rodeike, JG 1/11, III, s.1639; Manrho, Bodenplatte, s.278; ULTRA_HW5/644 (9.1.45,s.9,11/9)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2019 17:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Nov-2019 17:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, ] |
| 26-Feb-2020 18:30 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jun-2022 15:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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