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| Date: | Thursday 23 March 1944 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 550575 |
| MSN: | blaue 13 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Liempde, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cambrai-Niergnies airfield (F) |
The aircraft crashed in aerial combat with USAAF B-17 Flying Fortresses that were operating against targets in Germany.
The pilot, Unteroffizier Dieter Menz, did not survive the crash and was initially buried at Eindhoven-Woensel. He now rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery.
Feindflug (operational sortie).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3547&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/mission/835
Google Maps
LW Losses by Michael Balss
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Mar-2019 18:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2019 18:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 26-Mar-2020 15:31 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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