Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/AS , Saturday 23 September 1944
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Date:Saturday 23 September 1944
Time:18:55 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/AS
Owner/operator:Stab/JG 11 Luftwaffe
Registration:
MSN: schwarze 5
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Laag-Keppel, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Gütersloh airfield (G)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 17:45 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie.
The pilot, Uffz. L. Bertram, safely bailed out.

A salvage operation was conducted by ARGA in November 1997.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4321&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
14-Sep-2019 14:51 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
13-Dec-2019 11:12 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ]
24-Mar-2021 19:54 TigerTimon Updated [Operator, ]

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