ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49246
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| Date: | Sunday 14 January 1945 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14/AS |
| Owner/operator: | 7./JG 77 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 785604 |
| MSN: | gelbe 2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gorssel, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bönninghardt airfield (G) |
Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft failed to return due to aerial combat. 20-year-old Leutnant Walter Hekel did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave AE-4-91.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5101A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 October 1943 | 15671 | 3./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 1 | harbour area of Anna Jacoba, Sint Philipsland, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 11 December 1943 | 26116 | 6./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 1 | Peestermaden, north of Peest, Drenthe | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jan-2020 12:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2020 14:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2020 18:40 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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