ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50866
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 February 1944 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./JG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 161172 |
| MSN: | weisse 21 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haringvliet near Tiengemeten, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel airfield |
The plane crashed – after a mid-air collision with the Bf 109 of Oberleutnant Ernst-Heinz Löhr – northwest of Willemstad in the Haringvliet.
The body of the pilot, Leutnant A. Leib, was still strapped on to his parachute was recovered from the water and buried at Krieger Friedhof at Wouwschestraatweg in Bergen op Zoom.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3465&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://sites.google.com/site/wo2vpr1/home/1944-02-22-bf-109g-6
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Feb-2016 10:31 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2019 08:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 16:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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