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Date: 28-May-2022
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Detail page crash 01-Jan-1945
| CrashID | 476 |
| Date | 01-Jan-1945 |
| Time | 09:15 |
| Location | Hulst |
| Airplane | Focke Wulf |
| Type / model | FW 190D-9 |
| Serial number | 210028 |
| Registration number | TS-DB Rote 2+ |
| Group | Luftwaffe |
| Squadron | 12./JG 54 |
| Base | Fuerstenau (D) |
| Mission | Bodenplatte |
| Target | Aanval op geallieerd vliegveld Brussel-Grimbergen (B60) |
| Crew | Fw Hans Joachim Steinkamp POW |
| Cemeteries | NVT |
| Brief description of the crash | After attack on Brussels-Grimbergen Airfield got hit in the wings by British AAA over Eastern Dutch Flanders. Bailed out at 1500 m and was shot at by Polish soldiers landed safeely and was taken POW. |
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