ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50982
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 13:15 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./JG 11 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 27128 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rande - Diepenveen, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield (NL) |
Takeoff at 13:05 for a Feindflug (operational sortie).
Shot down by a P-47 Thunderbolt (possibly flown by Major Beckham of the 353rd FG USAAF).
In the afternoon, the USAAF raided aviation industry and industrial areas at Braunschweig, whilst industrial areas at Hannover were struck as a Target of Opportunity.
The pilot was buried at Ehrenfriedhof Zijpendaal cemetery at Schaarsbergen, Arnhem:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. H. Nowotny 68454/308 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn BM-4-90
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3362&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1605
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Jan-2019 14:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 08:49 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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