Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 8294,
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Date:Wednesday 17 September 1941
Time:15:58 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2
Owner/operator:3./JG 26 Luftwaffe
Registration: 8294
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Calais-Marck airfield (2 km north of); Pas-de-Calais département -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Saint-Omer - Clairmarais airfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Leutnant Wolfgang Ruhdel did not survive in combat with Spitfires which were flying a Circus operation.
The damage to the aircraft was assessed as 99%.

Sources:

PV-JG26 (049); GQM (#4-6); Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, page 545
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf

Revision history:

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