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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-9 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab I./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 960166 |
| MSN: | weisse 23 + |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Koningin Elisabethlaan, Ghent, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield, the Netherlands |
Takeoff at 08:12 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.65 Maldegem airfield.
The Gruppenkommandeur of the I. Gruppe failed to return from this operation.
Hauptmann Georg Hackbarth was shot down in his Focke-Wulf by a 308 'Krakowski' Squadron Spitfire Mk IX.
Sources:
Girbig, Start im Morgengrauen, s.159; Manrho, Bodenplatte, s.278; ULTRA_HW5/644 (9.1.45,s.9,11/6)
Google Maps
'Bodenplatte - The Luftwaffe's Last Hope' for location
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2019 17:48 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Dec-2019 18:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 20-Dec-2019 18:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 20-Dec-2019 18:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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