Date: 1943 Oct 18/18 A/C Type: Me-109 G-5 SN: 26101 Code: A/C Nickname:
 File: 274 Airfrce: Luftwaffe Sqn/Unit: JG 3  Udet Mission/Raid: search for group of B-24 over North Sea
1 Pilot Feldwebel Gerhard Thyben 9    
2     10    
3     11    
4     12    
5     13    
6     14    
7     15    
8     16                    

Looked under the fog to see how low he was, passed a cow. Belly landed and flipped over in soft mud. Freed by German soldiers and a doctor from village Urk. Next day he visited the nearby wreck of B-17 bomber 42-37751 (crew Emmert).

 


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