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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 10./JG 77 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 330119 |
| MSN: | rote 12 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | east of Wijchen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dortmund-Brackel airfield (G) |
Operation - Bodenplatte. Target: B-70 Antwerp/Deurne, Belgium.
The Messerschmitt hit a tree in an attempt to avoid its pursuer, this spitfire was flown by F/Lt John "Johnnie"McKay (DFC with bar) DFC US Air Force) (RCAF), who with a lot of bluff, his ammunition had already been shot during previous attacks, succesfully gave chase.
Before this victory, McKay had the same a fe minutes earlier with the Focke Wulf Fw190 A-8, 734038, 13./JG54. This was flown by Uffz Werner Kopp. He crashed on the frozen Wijchens Ven in Alverna.
Hans Jurgens Schuacher's mother was the stepdaughter of General and politician Erich Ludendorf who committed the "Bierputch"together with Adolf Hitler in 1923
21-year-old Leutnant Hans-Jürgen Schumacher did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave THH-7-79.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5066&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Nov-2019 11:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Feb-2020 18:59 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 06-Oct-2024 06:50 | tuppie65 | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
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