Accident Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53952
 
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Date:Friday 17 May 1940
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic ME09 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4
Owner/operator:1./JG 20 Luftwaffe
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Nieuw- en Sint Joosland, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Eindhoven airfield (NL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Feindflug - operational sortie. The aircraft went down in aerial combat with Curtiss-Hawk H75A fighter aircraft of the GC I/ 4 Armée de l'Air.

Unteroffizier M. Kazmaier did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0698&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Wings to Victory database
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' for airfield

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
25-Mar-2020 13:47 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]
25-Mar-2020 13:58 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Mar-2020 14:00 TigerTimon Updated [Source]
26-Mar-2020 10:17 DB Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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