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| Date: | Monday 9 November 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9/III/JG5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | NE+ML |
| MSN: | 7108 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Tsiengalasjärvi, Utsjoki -
 Finland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Made a successful forced landing on a frozen lake. Unknown what happened to the pilot Klaus Betz. Probaly he walked away from the plane. In 1948 remains of a German pilot where found some 6 kilometers from the crashsite. 16 July 1991 the Finnish authorities stated that his remains where located some 6 kilometers from the site. Officialy Klaus Betz is still listed as missing.
Sources:
https://www.flyvrak.info/tsiengalasjarvi.html
https://aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Betz%2C+Klaus&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2024 07:28 | MMR | Added |
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