Date: 10th July 1944
Unit: I Gruppe./Jagdgeschwader 104
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
Werke/Nr.412036
Coded: Not known.
Location: Flugplatz Fürth, Germany.
Pilot: Fähnrich. Willi Söhnge - Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft crashed killing the young pilot as he landed at Fürth airfield. We do not know if this pilot was returning with a damaged aircraft after being involved in combat with enemy aircraft.
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Burial detail:
VDK, Kriegsgräberstätte in Siegen-Hermelsbach, Row 3, Grave 1.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless, August 2013