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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 738159 |
| MSN: | gelbe 6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vreeland, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twente airfield (NL) |
Takeoff at 08:12 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.65 Maldegem, Belgium.
The aircraft was hit by 'friendly', German Flak.
The pilot, Fw. H-J. Kilian, did not survive and was initially buried at Amsterdam. He now rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave CT-8-198.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4961&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Nov-2019 20:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Feb-2020 05:38 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 09:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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