ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51154
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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 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Schaijkseveld, municipality Schaijk, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Volkel airfield (NL) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative: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/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
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6144 |
10./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
1 |
North Sea near Westkapelle, Zeeland |
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w/o |
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8 November 1941 |
7178 |
4./JG 53 Luftwaffe |
1 |
North Sea near Texel, Noord-Holland |
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w/o |
24 January 1944 |
160683 |
1./JG 3 Luftwaffe |
1 |
Grammenestraat, Zulte, East Flanders |
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w/o |
30 January 1944 |
27124 |
4./JG 11 Luftwaffe |
1 |
Oranjeweg - Langeweg, Emst, Gelderland |
|
w/o |
1 January 1945 |
784778 |
9./JG 6 Luftwaffe |
1 |
Volkel - Eindhoven area, Noord-Brabant |
|
w/o |
1 January 1945 |
490702 |
13./JG 27 Luftwaffe |
1 |
northeast of Panningen, Limburg |
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w/o |
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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