ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22378
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Date: | Friday 9 August 1940 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Heinkel He 111H-4 |
Owner/operator: | 2. Staffel I./KG4 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 5J+CK |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea, East of Flamborough Head, North Yorkshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Soesterberg, Netherlands |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Heinkell He 111 "5J+CK" of Luftwaffe, 2. Staffel I/KG 4. The crew was involved in a bombing mission and was based at Soesterberg Airfield in The Netherlands. While approaching the British coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the British Flak/AAA and crashed into the North Sea East of Flamborough Head, North Yorkshire on the night of 9/10-8-1940. All four crew members were killed. Crew believed to have been...
Flugzeugführer Fw Schmitt, Richard
Hilfsbeobachter Fw Geisdorf, Hans,
Bordfunker Uffz Soffel, Willi,
Bordschütze Gefr Hebeld, Herbert,
Target: Docks and Shipyard at Hartlepool, County Durham.
Sources:
1.
http://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_05.html 2.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-heinkel-he111h4-flamborough-head-4-killed 3.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=31153 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Aug-2008 12:28 |
Anon. |
Added |
09-Nov-2012 16:11 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Registration, Operator, Phase] |
28-Sep-2018 01:19 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Dec-2019 18:46 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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