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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14/AS |
| Owner/operator: | Stab III./JG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 460339 |
| MSN: | << |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NNW of Helmond, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bissel airfield (Niedersachsen, Germany) |
Takeoff at 08:19 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.80 Volkel airfield.
The aircraft received a direct hit by AA-fire.
Major H. Kühle did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave Z-6-142.
Sources:
sources: WASt; Manrho/Pütz, Bodenplatte, p.281; Franks, Battle of the Airfields, p.209
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5039&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Feb-2009 11:36 | jrbeaman | Updated |
| 23-Nov-2019 19:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Dec-2019 18:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 20-Dec-2019 18:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 03:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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