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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./JG 27 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | Yellow |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sint-Truiden Airfield, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Bf 109E flown by Feldwebel Hoppe of 3/JG 27 who died in the crash.
Shot down by Lieutenant Dufossez (5/III/2 Aéronautique Militaire Belge - Fairey Fox VI)
Sources:
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/belgium_dufossez.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2011 11:48 | ThW | Added |
| 28-Jan-2011 04:14 | ThW | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 07:29 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Sep-2015 05:45 | sandman56 | Updated [Registration, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Dec-2019 16:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 07-Nov-2022 14:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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