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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 09:20 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 11./JG 27 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 332314 |
| MSN: | gelbe 4 + I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 500 metres west of Wassenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Achmer airfield |
Operation - Bodenplatte. Target: B.58 Brussels/Melsbroek, Belgium.
The aircraft crashed due to hitting trees, followed by an impact fire.
Unteroffizier H. Frickmann (20) rests in the Wassenberg Kriegsgräberstätte.
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T5062
Prien, III.& IV./JG27, page 336; Manrho, Bodenplatte, page 282; Errata on Bodenplatte 5; HW5 (644)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Nov-2019 12:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Nov-2019 12:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 18-Feb-2020 16:20 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Country, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 24-Jun-2022 22:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Oct-2022 10:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Oct-2022 10:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase, ] |
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