ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50988
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 13:15 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 27025 |
| MSN: | weisse 8 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leersum - Woudenberg, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield |
Takeoff 12:56 hrs from Venlo airfield.
Feindflug (operational sortie). Ordered to intercept a lone B-17 north of their base at Venlo, Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel Gottfried Otto and Oberfeldwebel Heinz Kemethmüller were attacked by a swarm of P-47D Thunderbolts.
One of the Thunderbolts critically damaged the aircraft, probably flown by fighter pilot Lieutenant Michael Joseph Quirk of the 62nd FS / 56th FG USAAF from RAF Boxted airfield in England.
The body of Otto was found with the parachute opened, with a cervical dislocation, burns on the head and leg injuries. He was laid to rest at Hilversum, Noord-Holland.
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.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3365&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1605
PV-JG26 (185); Caldwell, JG26 War Diary, II, s.207; Olynyk, ETO
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=40624
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/unit/1300
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 July 1943 | 19853 | 7./JG 1 Luftwaffe | 1 | North Sea 20 km west of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 20 October 1943 | 26067 | II./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 0 | Venlo Airfield, Limburg | |
min |
| 22 February 1944 | 440207 | 1./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 1 | Linne, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 2 October 1944 | 162280 | 7./JG 77 Luftwaffe | 1 | Oude Buurserdijk road, Enschede, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Sep-2018 10:35 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2019 14:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2019 14:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 16:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 04:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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