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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 15./JG 54 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 170657 |
| MSN: | gelbe 2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 km SW of Nijmegen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Plantlünne airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 18:10 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie.
The aircraft was shot down in aerial combat with tens of USAAF P-47 Thunderbolts.
The pilot, Uffz. H. Götzelt, did not survive and is buried at Kleve-Donsbrüggen, Germany; grave 672.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4330&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Rosipal, JG54
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Sep-2019 15:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Feb-2020 19:34 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 16-Jun-2022 07:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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