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| Date: | Friday 10 December 1943 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 15439 |
| MSN: | weisse 10 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schaijkseveld, municipality Schaijk, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Volkel airfield (NL) |
On 10 December 1943 Uffz Richard Farnick of 7./JG 1 was killed (cause: Höhenkrankheit (mountain sickness)) when his Bf 109 G-6 WNr 15439 "white 10" crashed and exploded at 1600 hrs at the Schaijkseveld, during a test flight after some repairs. This fateful day was his 23rd birthday!
Unteroffizier Farnick is buried at Ysselsteyn cemetery.
Sources:
"JG 1. L’histoire de la Jagdgeschwader 1 ’Oesau’", by Eric Mombeek. ISBN 2-9509485-2-9
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3189&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.bhic.nl/ontdekken/verhalen/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-nistelrode-1940-1945
http://www.volksbund.de/index.php?id=1775&tx_igverlustsuche_pi2[gid]=b109e4eec0be21470de2d082e7775fdf
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nistelrode
http://www.maplandia.com/netherlands/noord-brabant/nistelrode/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Dec-2015 18:59 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2018 07:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Mar-2020 15:11 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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