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| Date: | Sunday 24 December 1944 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-9 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./JG 6 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 980540 |
| MSN: | weisse 8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Soerendonk, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Delmenhorst airfield (G) |
Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot S/L Mackie of 274 Squadron RAF, who was flying a Tempest Mk V from B.80 Volkel airfield.
The pilot, Lt. G. Rieckhoff, did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave BJ-12-237.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4839A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/274_wwII.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Oct-2019 16:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Feb-2020 19:30 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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