2.8 2006 © kjell sørensen

Dette var vårt andre besøk av dette havaristedet. Vi var der i 2005 også, men da vi omsider fant stedet sent på kvelden,var det for dårlig fotolys

Alta 2.August 2006 kjell sørensen/ morten moe

Morten searcing the crash site
2.8 2006 © kjell sørensen

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 Alta, Finnmark

III./JG 5 Gelbe 9+ WNr.7543 10.09 1943

On his way to Fischer-Halbinsel this aircraft crashed into another Messerschmitt (G-2 WNr.10305). The pilot of the G-2 bailed out and his aircraft crashed into the ground north of Petsamo. The damaged F-4 tried to return to his base at Altagaard, but he too had to bail out and his aircraft crashed here in a valley at Alta. (source: Eismeerjäger Band 3 by Eric Mombeek)