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At the date of 15-08-1944, time: 1300, the aircraft type Bf 109 has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Diever (Landgoed Oldengaerde). The unit of crew and plane is: II/JG 53. First flyer rank: Unteroffizier, name: K.L. Lampen. The plane belonged to the German forces.
13:00 - Diever (landgoed "Oldengaerde") - Bf-109G-6 - 165544 - II/JG53 - Uffz. Karl Lampen - Age 24 - KIA
residence: Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia - initial buried in Groningen
born 10 Aug 1920 - Unteroffizier - II./JG 53 - Grave in Ysselsteyn - Block AX Reihe 10 Grab 246
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