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| Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1944 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Fieseler Fi 156 |
| Owner/operator: | Jagdabschnittsführer Rumänien, Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2356 |
| MSN: | NA+KA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Storchlandeplatz Lipnik, 10.5 km ENE Ruse (Русе) -
 Bulgaria
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Otopeni, Romania |
| Lipnik |
The pilot landed too early, because markings of the airfield boundary were absent. According to the pilot, they were taken away (stolen) by inhabitants.
The early touch-down caused damage to the right-hand landing gear leg, the right wing and propeller.
The crew was unharmed.
Visibility at the time of the crash was 20 kilometres. Wind speed 5 km/h. No precipitation.
In the end, Hauptmann Schultz (pilot) was shorted on his salary for the month of June.
Sources:
RL 38/102 - Bundesarchiv
https://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Bulgaria.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jul-2025 12:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Jul-2025 12:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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