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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./JG 4 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 781173 |
| MSN: | blaue 3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sanderbout, Sittard, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Darmstadt-Griesheim airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 08:25 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: A.89 Le Culot, Belgium.
The aircraft was hit by light AA-fire and crashed.
Uffz. W. Zetzschke did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave AI-8-191.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5038&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://www.sanderbout.nl/index.php/historie
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Nov-2019 16:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Feb-2020 19:26 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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