Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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1 Jan 45 | Bodenplatte | Eindhoven (B-78) | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Focke-Wulf | Fw 190 | A-8/R2 | 682253 | Schwarze 16 | 14./JG 3 | Luftwaffe | 0822 | Gütersloh |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0920 | Shot down by typhoon flown by H.P. Gibbons | Eindhoven Airfield | 100% | Noord-Brabant |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Flugzeugführer | Fw. | G. | Leipholz | 28 | 59739/247 | Luftwaffe | KIA | Ysselsteyn | Z-6-138 | Initially buried Woensel |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Namentliche Verlustmeldung | RL2-III-1172; CEA Report No. 264; WASt; 'Bodenplatte' p.115-117 by J. Manrho & R. Pütz |
Version March, 2022