ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52276
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 November 1943 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | II./JG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 26058 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 19 km west of Zandvoort, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Schiphol airfield |
Aerial combat. On the 3rd of November 1943, Schiphol airfield was raided by USAAF B-26 Marauders. Feindflug (operational sortie).
The Gruppenkommandeur of the II./JG 3, Major Kurt Hans Friedrich Brändle, went missing in action. His body washed up on the 30th of December 1943. He was initially buried at Amsterdam, but now rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery. In the picture below, he is second from the left.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3038&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/eastern.html
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2019 17:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2019 18:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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