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| Date: | Friday 5 November 1943 |
| Time: | 14:02 |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 G-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./SG 10 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 160307 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De Vleut, municipality Best, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
Shot down by Lt. Fonzo "Snuffy" D. Smith, flying "Pistol Packin Mama", a P-47D-1-RE Thunderbolt. The aircraft was a total loss.
On this day, the USAAF raided Gelsenkirchen and Münster, Germany.
The body of Feldwebel E. Unger was retrieved in April 1991, he now rests in Ysselsteyn cemetery, Limburg.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3070&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 13:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Dec-2019 22:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 09-Apr-2021 07:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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