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| Date: | Wednesday 27 September 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 10./JG 53 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 166046 |
| MSN: | weisse 19 + I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Niel, Kranenburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Paderborn airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Takeoff at 17:20 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie.
The pilot, Fw. E. Ritter, did not survive and is buried at Donsbrüggen cemetery near Kleve; grave 304.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4418A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Sep-2019 17:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Sep-2019 17:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, ] |
| 19-Mar-2020 08:53 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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