ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49746
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| Date: | Monday 9 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-16 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./KG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 161920 |
| MSN: | 5K+CR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nijemirdum - Kippenburg (Nijemirdum), Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ahlhorn airfield (G) |
While engaged in an operational sortie, the aircraft collided in mid-air, with He 111 H-20 5K+ER of the 7./KG 3. There were no survivors.
The crew was initially buried at Leeuwarden on the 13th of October, but now rests at Ysselsteyn in Limburg:
Flugzeugführer Fw. A. Schmid 69873/453 Luftwaffe - grave AT-9-224
Beobachter Uffz. H. Schiessl 69873/454 Luftwaffe - grave AT-9-225
Bordfunker Ogfr. G. Leßoing 69873/468 Luftwaffe - grave AT-9-222
Bordschütze Gfr. R. Vogel B65120/146 Luftwaffe - grave AT-9-220
Bordschütze Gfr. G. Pfau B65120/142 Luftwaffe - grave AT-9-221
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4515&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Oct-2019 13:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2019 13:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2020 21:31 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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