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| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 1942 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 87 B-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./StG 77 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5499 |
| MSN: | S2+AN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 km east of Maksymivka, Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv Oblast -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Charkow-Rogan |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
Direct hit from ground fire.
(FF) Stabsfeldwebel Kreb, Robert
(Bf) Unteroffizier Stöver, Herbert
Fourteen machines of the II. Gruppe took off at 15:15 hrs for an armed reconnaissance operation, among which were seven machines of the 5. Staffel. The latter attacked vehicles in the Maksymivka area. Between 15:45 - 16:05 hrs, the 14 Stukas bombed and machine-gunned the enemy.
Sources:
GQM (#6)
WASt-Gräberkartei
Erfolgsmeldung 569 (202) - contemporary combat report
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2022 14:03 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Apr-2022 15:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 28-Apr-2022 19:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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