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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./JG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 490195 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woensel, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Paderborn airfield |
Takeoff at 08:25 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.78 Eindhoven airfield.
The aircraft was shot down by a Spitfire while leaving the target area.
Fw. W. Rutkowski bailed out and was taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5031&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Manrho, Bodenplatte, s.279
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Nov-2019 18:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Feb-2020 19:22 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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