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Date: | Sunday 14 January 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-6 |
Owner/operator: | 7./JG 54 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 550740 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Libau-Grobin airfield (now Grobina) -
Latvia
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Uffz. Hans Wagner of 7./JG 54 was killed during a test flight when his Fw 190 A-6 WNr 550740 "white 8" crashed and exploded on the ground on Libau-Grobin (Grobina in Latvian) airfield. His fighter was destroyed at 100%.
Sources:
JG 54 loss list, by Günther Rosipal (http://www.jg54greenhearts.com/LossList.htm)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grobi%C5%86a http://www.maplandia.com/latvia/liepajas/grobina/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Jan-2017 08:44 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Added |
06-Feb-2020 09:38 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |