ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50992
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| Date: | Sunday 30 January 1944 |
| Time: | 11:26 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 15946 |
| MSN: | weisse 15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Broekerveld, Bornerbroek, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel airfield (NL) |
Takeoff at 10:47hrs for a Feindflug (operational sortie).
Shot down by a P-47 Thunderbolt (possibly flown by Lt. M.J. Quirk of the 56th FG / 62nd FS, 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.
Pilot:
Flugzeugführer Fw. M. Finsterwald 68454/176 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn Q-10-236 Enschede 1-97
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3352&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/1605
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 October 1943 | 18840 | 4./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 0 | Venlo, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 31 January 1944 | 440070 | 1./JG 3 Luftwaffe | 1 | Waspik, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2019 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 08:53 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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