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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R2 |
| Owner/operator: | 16./JG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 682769 |
| MSN: | rote 9 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant (probably at the airfield) -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gütersloh airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 08:22 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.78 Eindhoven airfield.
Probably, this aircraft crashed due to Allied AA fire.
The pilot, Uffz. A. Schmidt, is missing in action.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4972&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Nov-2019 19:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Jan-2020 23:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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