ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49434
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | 08:50 LT |
| Type: |  Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 11./JG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 330385 |
| MSN: | gelbe 18 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nijkerk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Plantlünne airfield, Germany |
Takeoff at 08:20 hrs for operation Bodenplatte. Target: B.56 Brussels/Evere, Belgium.
The aircraft was hit by 'friendly' Flak and crashed.
The 21-year-old pilot, Oberleutnant Harald Lenz, did not survive and rests at Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; grave AF-1-3.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5051&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
© Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Nov-2019 19:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 17:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 01:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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