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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14/AS |
| Owner/operator: | 11./JG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 784986 |
| MSN: | gelbe 19 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Groesbeek, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bissel airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 08:19 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.80 Volkel airfield.
The aircraft was hit by Allied AA and crashed.
The pilot, Ofw Paul Schwerdtfeger, died in the crash.
He is buried at Ysselsteyn War Cemetery in Limburg; grave Y-2-29.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5046&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield.
http://www.behouden-huys.nl/files/1945%2020sec-tcm5-7286.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Mar-2016 14:00 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Apr-2019 18:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 23-Nov-2019 19:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Feb-2020 19:15 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator, ] |
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