ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49395
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./JG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 500390 |
| MSN: | blaue 5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | south of Asch, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Merzhausen airfield (G) |
Takeoff at 08:20 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: A.92 Sint-Truiden (St Trond) airfield.
The aircraft was hit by Allied fighters and crashed.
The pilot, Uffz. F. Optenhostert, did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in the Netherlands; grave I-2-42.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4966&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Nov-2019 20:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2020 05:50 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Nov-2022 08:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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