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| Date: | Thursday 21 September 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 |
| Owner/operator: | 12./JG 11 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 731015 |
| MSN: | blaue 7 + I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nijmegen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Achmer airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 15:15 hrs for a Feindflug - operational sortie.
Over Gelderland, the aircraft was shot down by a Spitfire Mk IX of No. 414 Squadron RCAF.
The pilot, Gfr. H. Liebsch, bailed out, slightly wounded.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4259&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
The War History of NO. 414 SQUADRON by Wing Commander F. H. Hitchins, Air Historian
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Sep-2019 15:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Feb-2020 20:38 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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