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| Date: | Wednesday 7 June 1939 |
| Time: | c. 17:00 |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111P |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 56+G24 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gelnhausen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rothenbergen (ca 17:00) |
Crashed during a training flight with life ammunition. Due to engine failure, crashed into a number of houses in Gelnhausen, Seestraße 11. Apart from the three fatalities there were as much as 105 persons injured as a result of the crash, the exploding of the bombes and the resulting fires. 4./KG 55 ('Greif').
Sources:
1. https://books.google.nl/books?id=CZPMAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=heinkel+absturz&source=bl&ots=yN9AYyR1oK&sig=GdbEST5j_M2QbCLZP-Ww4juQ8bo&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CGcQ6AEwC2oVChMIpKbv4qXqyAIVRF8PCh1wFgfx#v=onepage&q=heinkel%20absturz&f=false
2. Fliegerhorst Gelnhausen, s.27-37; Sauer, Kinzigtal, s.48-50
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2015 13:42 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Apr-2019 15:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 28-Apr-2019 15:40 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 30-May-2019 07:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Dec-2019 11:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 14-Apr-2020 18:15 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Apr-2020 18:25 | TB | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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