Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8 586450,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49393
 
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Date:Monday 1 January 1945
Time:morning
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw19 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8
Owner/operator:7./SG 4 Luftwaffe
Registration: 586450
MSN: weisse 3
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Köln-Wahn airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 08:50 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: A.92 Sint-Truiden (St Trond), Belgium.

The aircraft was hit by Allied AA and crashed.
Fw. R. Heinz did not survive and was buried in the Aachen (Germany) area.
He was later reburied at Margraten cemetery (German plot) in Limburg and finally rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave I-1-15.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5015&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 July 1942 0336 4./JG 1 Luftwaffe 1 Woensdrecht Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o
28 July 1943 7375 2./JG 26 Luftwaffe 0 Dubbeldam, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland w/o
17 August 1943 140620 1./JG 26 Luftwaffe 0 Venlo Airfield, Limburg sub
24 January 1944 SS 1 Luftwaffe 0 Venlo Airfield, Limburg w/o
22 February 1944 642007 9./JG 2 Luftwaffe 1 Barteweg, Oud Gastel, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
20-Nov-2019 18:10 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Jan-2020 11:27 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]
15-Nov-2022 14:24 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Country]

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