ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170981
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Date: | Friday 16 August 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Heinkel He 111P |
Owner/operator: | 7./KG 55 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | G1+FR |
MSN: | 1582 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Honeysuckle Lane in High Salvington, near Worthing -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by an RAF Spitfire. Two German airmen, Albert Weber and Johannes Moorfeld, died in the crash.
The plane had to make an emergency crash landing when it was damaged by a RAF Spitfire fighter in pursuit.
Sources:
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11577634._/ http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk/styled-15/styled-17/styled-196/index.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Nov-2014 19:38 |
gerard57 |
Added |
29-Aug-2018 12:55 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
09-Dec-2019 15:08 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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