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| Date: | Wednesday 1 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf109 F4Z |
| Owner/operator: | 5./JG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 8668 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | St Vincent de Paul -
 Malta
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by flak. The pilot, Hans Pilz, survived the crash. The wreckage was excavated in the year 2023.
Sources:
https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/121727/german_wwii_fighter_plane_parts_unearthed_in-excavation-works_at_st_vincent_de_paul#.ZArhCHbMKUk
https://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/malta-bf-109f-wrack-freigelegt-12-03-2023.101762/#post-3010690
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