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| Date: | Sunday 25 July 1943 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | III./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 15392 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Husum airfield, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden airfield, the Netherlands |
Feindflug - operational sortie. On this afternoon, the USAAF raided Hamburg, Kiel and Rostock with 286 Fortresses and Liberators.
Emergency-landing following aerial combat with B-17 Fortresses.
Damage - 15%.
Sources:
GQM (#11-19); Prien/Rodeike, JG 1/11, page 604
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2022 09:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
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