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Date: | Monday 15 March 1943 |
Time: | 15:20 LT |
Type: | Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 |
Owner/operator: | 1./Jagdgruppe Süd Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 8909 |
MSN: | weisse 5 + |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Marseille-Marignane airfield -
France
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Marseille-Marignane airfield |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beim Start ausgebrochen und Bf 109 gerammt. Crashed on takeoff and rammed another Bf 109. The latter had Werknummer 12790.
Feldwebel Ludwig Wachs didn't survive. The damage to the aircraft was assessed as 90%.
Sources:
GQM (#9-15); Ring listing
WASt-Gräberkarte
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