ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195351
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| Date: | Friday 1 March 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./KG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 6889 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Westerland, Sylt Island -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 1 March 1940 the He 111 H-3 WNr 6889 1H+KN of 5./KG 26 crashed soon after take off into the sea off Westerland, Sylt Island. The pilot, Oblt Sighard Donner, the Staffelkapitän, and the three other crew were all killed.
In the book "Achtung – Torpedo los!", there are four names of men killed or missing this day, but one is from I./KG 26:
Oblt Sighard Donner
Ofw Johann Pietzarka
Ofw Lothar Grossmann
Gefr Günter Kleingartner (of I./KG 26)
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120320130812/http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/luftwaffe1.html
http://www.ww2.dk/Lw%20Offz%20-%20Change%20Log%20-%202013.pdf
"Achtung – Torpedo los! Der strategische und operative Einsatz des Kampfgeschwaders 26 - Löwengeschwader", by Rudi Schmidt. ISBN 3-89555-170-8
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flughafen_Sylt
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=54.913250&lon=8.340472&z=10&m=b
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2017 19:40 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 09-Dec-2019 11:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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