ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22387
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 February 1940 |
| Time: | 12:55 |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111H-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 3.Staffel I./KG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 1H+HL |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 10 miles East of Coquet Island, Northumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Schleswig-Holstein, (G) |
He111H-3 1H+HL of Luftwaffe 3/KG26. Shot down by Pilot Officer J. S. B. Jones and Pilot Officer T. S. Wildblood flying Gloster Gladiators of No.152 Squadron during attack on convoy ‘Alice’ and crashed in the North Sea, 10 miles east of Coquet Island, Northumberland at 12.55 p.m. Of the five crew, the bodies of two were recovered and confirmed as killed in action, the other three were missing (bodies never recovered):
Hptmn Hans-Joachim Helm killed
Uffz Karl Lassnig killed
Uffz Heinrich Buchisch missing
Ofw Artur Thiele missing
Gefr Walter Rixen missing
The body of Karl Lassnig and a rubber boat were washed ashore at Whitley Bay on March 2, another body washed ashore next day later being identified as that of Hans-Joachim Helm. Apart from Walter Rixen, this was a 2./KG26 crew flying a borrowed aircraft.
Sources:
1. http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/18783/?page=2
2. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=90318&postcount=7
3. http://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_03.html
4. http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?categoryid=100&articleid=1642&displayorder=12
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-heinkel-he111h3-coquet-island-5-killed
6. Luftwaffe Losses over Northumberland and Durham: 1939-1945 By Bill Norman page 38-39
7. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Helm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2008 12:29 | Anon. | Added |
| 09-Nov-2012 15:36 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2015 19:36 | sandman56 | Updated [Registration] |
| 09-Aug-2016 20:09 | TB | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2017 23:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2017 23:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2017 23:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Sep-2018 23:27 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2019 19:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 09-Dec-2019 11:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2020 20:21 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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