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| Date: | Wednesday 11 December 1940 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 10./NJG 1 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 6144 |
| MSN: | weisse 10 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Westkapelle, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vlissingen airfield |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
Notlandung auf See.
The 26-year-old Feldwebel H. Brümmerstedt did not survive when he had to perform a ditching due to engine trouble.
His lifeless body washed up on the 15th December and now rests in Ysselsteyn cemetery, Limburg.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0921&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' page 299
GQM (#2-3); BoB:The Forgotten Months, page 180; Prien/Rodeike, JG 1, I, page 590
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Nov-2020 09:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2020 09:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport, Source] |
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