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| Date: | Friday 6 October 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./JG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 171572 |
| MSN: | weisse 4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Merzhausen airfield (G) |
Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft crashed in aerial combat with Spitfire fighter aircraft.
The pilot and Staffelkapitän, Leutnant R. Wirtgen, is missing in action.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4486A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
Verlustliste JG2; VDK
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Oct-2019 15:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Oct-2019 15:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, ] |
| 03-Oct-2019 16:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 11-Mar-2020 21:20 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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