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| Date: | Monday 25 September 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./JG 77 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 161763 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | floodplains near Oud-Zevenaar, Zevenaar, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Werl airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 15:45 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft crashed due to aerial combat.
The pilot, Uffz. R. Berndt, did not survive and is buried at Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg); grave AJ-11-273.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4371&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Prien, JG77, IV, s.2162
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Sep-2019 12:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Mar-2020 08:33 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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