On this day, 21 March 1945 Fw. Otto Kleinert took off from Zellhausen to intercept a group of incoming USAAF P-51 Mustangs. During the dog-fight the engine of "Weisse 6" was hit and Kleinert was forced to make a belly landing near Mannheim-Sandhofen. The "Dora" was later stipped of parts and was later found in a derelict state and photographed by the allies. I have had acces to the phot of this machinne since 2019, however with no infomation it was not util I recived my college Erik Momeeks´s latest book "Histroire de la JG 2, volume 6; 1944-1945" that I finally was able to make the photo into a aircraft profile. Please note that after checking the camouflage of this Fw 190 D-9 it probebly belonged to the 401XXX block. |
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