ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196627
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| Date: | Thursday 21 March 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr.122 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Handewitt, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 21 March 1940 a He 111H-3 of 1.(F)/122 ran out of fuel while returning from a sortie to spot convoys in the Shetlands - Orkneys area for KG 26. It force landed at Handewitt, a place just west of Flensburg and close to Flensburg-Schäferhaus airfield, but was totally destroyed (at 100% according to German loss list). Oblt Hans-Gustav Blievernicht and 2 other crew were killed and 1 injured.
Crew:
Oblt Hans Gustav Blievernicht KIFA
Lt Willi Kleuters KIFA
Hermann Kriebel KIFA
Adolf Vogel WIFA
Sources:
http://www.luftwaffedata.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Aufkl._Gr._122_Mar_1940
http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/2012/hamburg-ohlsdorf_ehrenfriedhof-wk2_a-c_hh.html
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=48608
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handewitt
http://www.maplandia.com/germany/schleswig-holstein/schleswig-holstein/schleswig-flensburg/handewitt/_/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jul-2017 13:18 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 22-Dec-2019 22:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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