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Date: | Tuesday 19 October 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-4 |
Owner/operator: | 13.(slow.)/JG 52 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 19248 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Fontana-Mariental area, Crimea -
Russia
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Bagerovo airfield |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The deputy commander of the Slovak squadron fighting on the Eastern Front under the name of 13(slow)./JG 52, nadporucnik Juraj Puskar (a five-kills ace) had a lucky escape on 19 October 1943. Soon after taking off from Bagerovo airfield, he was bounced by Soviet fighters and shot down. His Bf 109 G-4 WNr 19248 burned out after hitting the ground in the Fontana-Mariental area, but Puskar baled out and was unhurt.
Sources:
"Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 58: Slovakian and Bulgarian Aces of World War 2", by Jiri Rajlich, Stephan Boshniakov and Petko Mandjukov. ISBN 1-84176-652-6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baherove_(air_base)
http://www.maplandia.com/ukraine/respublika-krym/fontan/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Oct-2021 17:39 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Nov-2021 22:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
19-Dec-2021 11:41 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Operator] |