Accident Heinkel He 111 ,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53957

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Date:	Friday 17 May 1940
Time:	05:30 approx
Type:	Heinkel He 111
Owner/operator:	Stab./KG 4 Luftwaffe
Registration:
MSN:	5J+
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea near Kapelle, Zeeland - Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fassberg airfield (G)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
In preparation for the final attack by the German troops, three Heinkels of Stab/KG 4 carried out reconnaissance missions over Walcheren island in Zeeland.
The aircraft was attacked by eight Curtiss H75 fighter aircraft of the GC I/ 4 A (Armée de l'Air) and crashed into the sea. Two crew members are missing in action:

Flugzeugführer Uffz. W. Feller Luftwaffe / Lommel cemetery in Belgium
Beobachter Ofw. O. Geitz Luftwaffe / missing in action
Bordfunker Ogfr. H. Schöning Luftwaffe / missing in action
Bordmechaniker Gfr. G. Kunze Luftwaffe / Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg; buried as unknown

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0693&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Wings to Victory database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

10 September 1940 3933 II./KG 4 Luftwaffe 0 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o

10 September 1940 3080 II./KG 4 Luftwaffe 0 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o

10 September 1940 3079 II./KG 4 Luftwaffe 0 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o

10 September 1940 2972 II./KG 4 Luftwaffe 0 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o

10 September 1940 2939 II./KG 4 Luftwaffe 0 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o

10 September 1940 2935 II./KG 4 Luftwaffe 0 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o

10 September 1940 2637 II./KG 4 Luftwaffe 0 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o

10 September 1940 2635 II./KG 4 Luftwaffe 0 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant w/o

10 September 1940 2140 II./KG 4 Luftwaffe 0 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant sub

10 September 1940 2792 II./KG 4 Luftwaffe 0 Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant sub

10 September 1940 2919 II./KG 4 Luftwaffe 0 Soesterberg Airfield, Utrecht sub

3 March 1941 3270 III./KG4 Luftwaffe 0 near Leeuwarden, Friesland w/o

19 March 1941 5711 7./KG4 Luftwaffe 0 near Leeuwarden, Friesland w/o

Revision history:

Date/time Contributor Updates

17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added

25-Mar-2020 13:37 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

26-Mar-2020 10:16 DB Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
25-Mar-2020 13:37	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Mar-2020 10:16	DB	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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10 September 1940	3933	II./KG 4 Luftwaffe	Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant	w/o
10 September 1940	3080	II./KG 4 Luftwaffe	Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant	w/o
10 September 1940	3079	II./KG 4 Luftwaffe	Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant	w/o
10 September 1940	2972	II./KG 4 Luftwaffe	Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant	w/o
10 September 1940	2939	II./KG 4 Luftwaffe	Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant	w/o
10 September 1940	2935	II./KG 4 Luftwaffe	Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant	w/o
10 September 1940	2637	II./KG 4 Luftwaffe	Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant	w/o
10 September 1940	2635	II./KG 4 Luftwaffe	Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant	w/o
10 September 1940	2140	II./KG 4 Luftwaffe	Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant	sub
10 September 1940	2792	II./KG 4 Luftwaffe	Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant	sub
10 September 1940	2919	II./KG 4 Luftwaffe	Soesterberg Airfield, Utrecht	sub
3 March 1941	3270	III./KG4 Luftwaffe	near Leeuwarden, Friesland	w/o
19 March 1941	5711	7./KG4 Luftwaffe	near Leeuwarden, Friesland	w/o