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Detail page crash 01-Jan-1945
| CrashID | 473 |
| Date | 01-Jan-1945 |
| Time | 9:30 |
| Location | Poortvliet |
| Airplane | Focke Wulf |
| Type / model | Fw 190D-9 |
| Serial number | 500034 |
| Registration number | Schwarze 16 |
| Group | Luftwaffe |
| Squadron | 6./JG 26 |
| Base | Nordhorn (D) |
| Mission | Bodenplatte |
| Target | Aanval op vliegveld Brussel-Evere |
| Crew | Ofhr Helmut Heuser POW |
| Cemeteries | NVT |
| Brief description of the crash | On his low level return flight from the attack at Brussels-Evere Airfield he was hit by British AA fire at Westerschelde river and crashed on the island of Tholen where he was taken POW. |
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