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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./JG 300 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 140664 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kirchheim, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rheine airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Feindflug (operational sortie). On this night, RAF Bomber Command raided Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg) and Ludwigshafen (Rheinland-Pfalz).
The aircraft crashed due to aerial combat. Unteroffizier Wilhelm Schmidt did not survive.
Sources:
GQM (#11-21); Prien/Rodeike, JG 1/11, page 1227
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 18:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
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