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| Date: | Sunday 24 September 1944 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./JG 53 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 462944 |
| MSN: | gelbe 18 + I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oud-Dijk, Didam, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Paderborn airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 09:40 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed.
The pilot, Lt. C. Meidl, was killed and is buried at Ysselsteyn cemetery, Limburg.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4338&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 |
| 16-Sep-2019 19:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Mar-2020 15:12 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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