ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53777
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 September 1940 |
| Time: | 04:30 approx |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 P-4 |
| Owner/operator: | II./KG 4 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3080 |
| MSN: | 5J+ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
In the night of 9 to 10 September 1940, 8 Heinkels were lost in a sea of flames. Leutnant H. Arnold of the 4. Staffel confused Fliegerhorst Eindhoven with the Notabwurfplatz near Oirschot and dropped his bomb load on his comrades.
Damage on W.Nr. 3080 was assessed as 90%.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0841&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 May 1940 | Stab./KG 4 Luftwaffe | 3 | Ellewoutsdijk, Zeeland | |
w/o | |
| 17 May 1940 | Stab./KG 4 Luftwaffe | 4 | North Sea near Kapelle, Zeeland | |
w/o | |
| 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 |
| 18-Sep-2020 07:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2020 07:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 01:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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