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| Date: | Saturday 4 July 1942 |
| Time: | 08:05 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4/Z |
| Owner/operator: | 10./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 7423 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bosmolen mill, Egmond aan den Hoef, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bergen airfield |
Scramble because of Boston aircraft from 226 Squadron RAF attacking the airfield. Crashed after takeoff (Absturz nach Start) and completely wrecked (100%).
Flugzeugführer / Uffz. E. Grütz / Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave CL-1-25
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1682
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jul-2017 19:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-May-2018 08:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Dec-2019 16:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 05-May-2020 19:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2022 00:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 04-Oct-2022 13:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Category, ] |
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