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Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4 |
Owner/operator: | 12./JG 1 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 0578 |
MSN: | TF+SZ |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Venlo, Limburg -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | München-Gladbach airfield, Germany (base) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:On 25 August 1942 two Fw 190 A-4 of 12./JG 1 collided in the air over the Netherlands during a ferrying flight. If the (unknown) pilot of the Fw 190 A-4 WNr 566 could land safely with his aircraft suffering 10% damage, the other German pilot, Fw Hans Fändrich, was killed when his Fw 190 A-4 WNr 0578 TF+SZ crashed near Venlo.
The latter aircraft was a 100% loss and is the first known total loss of a Fw 190 A-4.
Sources:
https://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/brochures/2008/04/08/verliesregister-1942/verliesregister-1942.pdf "JG 1. L’histoire de la Jagdgeschwader 1 ’Oesau’", by Eric Mombeek. ISBN 2-9509485-2-9
"Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945 Teil 7 - Heimatverteidigung 1. Januar bis 31. Dezember 1942/ Einsatz im Westen 1.Januar bis 31. Dezember 1942", by Jochen Prien & co. ISBN 3-923457-73-1
"Focke Wulf: Jagdflugzeug : Fw 190 A, Fw 190 "Dora", Ta 152 H", by Peter Rodeike. ISBN 3-923457-44-8
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venlo_(stad)
http://www.maplandia.com/netherlands/limburg/venlo/ http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG1.htm book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
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24-Aug-2017 06:37 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Aug-2017 06:37 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
14-Dec-2018 14:43 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
15-Jul-2019 15:44 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
10-Dec-2019 17:44 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |