ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53796
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| Date: | Thursday 5 September 1940 |
| Time: | 00:13 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 6./KG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3318 |
| MSN: | 1H+FP, gelbe F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nieuwstraat street, Gilze, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield |
| Feindflug (operational sortie) - Liverpool, England |
The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff for a Feindflug (operational sortie) against England.
The plane carrying a heavy bomb load crashed into a house. The entire crew perished in the crash as well as six persons in the house. A seventh person succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
All four rest in the Ysselsteyn cemetery:
Lt.Siegfried Baltes Flugzeugführer / grave/ AZ 049
Gefr.Karl-Heinz Graunke Bordfunker / grave AZ 050
Lt.Gottfried Pottgüter Beobachter / grave AZ 051
Feldw.Erich Pfretzschner Bordmechaniker / grave AZ 052
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0817&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.heemkringmolenheide.nl/tweede-wereldoorlog-gilze-rijen/oorlogsjaren/oorlogsjaar-1940/duitse-bommenwerper-in-gilze-neergestort-2/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Aug-2018 12:14 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2018 10:02 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2020 18:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2020 17:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 17-Sep-2020 17:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2020 17:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn] |
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