Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-4 14873, Thursday 15 April 1943
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Date:Thursday 15 April 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-4
Owner/operator:2./JG 27 Luftwaffe
Registration: 14873
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:300m S of Leeuwarden Airfield, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Leeuwarden airfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Absturz infolge Motorstörung (crash as a result of engine trouble).

Pilot: Flugzeugführer Uffz. E. Schopp Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn AR-4-98

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2199&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
14-Apr-2018 08:17 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
12-Dec-2019 18:16 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
13-Jun-2022 22:26 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]

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