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| Date: | Thursday 5 October 1944 |
| Time: | 15:20 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./JG 27 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 462700 |
| MSN: | weisse 8 + I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north of Nijmegen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Köln-Wahn airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 14:20 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft was shot down by Supermarine Spitfires of 403 Squadron RCAF.
The pilot, Uffz. W. Liebig, safely bailed out and was taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4471A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Oct-2019 05:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Mar-2020 21:17 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 05-Jun-2021 07:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
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