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Andreas,

Thank you very much for the possible matches!

I checked the "Aviation History Society Norway website" and noticed you are its webmaster. Can one consult the Summarische Verlustmeldung for the Luftwaffe WWII as a guest or does one need to log in?

May I ask you whether you have any Luftwaffe losses listed "bei Löwen" regardless the date ? Löwen or Loewen is the German equivalent for the city of Leuven (In French and English referred to as Louvain).

The reason for my asking is the following:
Somewhere around 1943 or 1944 a dogfight occurred midway the Belgian cities of Brussels and Leuven (Belgium). A fighter plane got hit and climbed steeply towards the sky and exploded. The pilot managed to vacate the plane but unfortunately his parachute failed to blossom. He fell towards earth and was found dead in a field at Leefdael (Leefdaal) - a Belgian village situated halfway the Belgian cities of Brussels and Leuven (Louvain, Löwen). The date of this incident can’t no longer be remembered by the villagers of Leefdael (Leefdaal). According to them the unfortunate airman was an Allied pilot, but I’m not entirely sure about that fact. I assume it could have been a German pilot.

Are there any Luftwaffe pilots registered as killed at Leefdael (Leefdaal), regardless the date? The plane itself, however, exploded in the air and didn’t fall on the territory of Leefdael. The wreckage must have fallen in one of the neighbouring villages of Leefdael (Leefdaal) or even farther. The incident occured during the German occupation of Belgium.

Thanks again,
Dirk