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| Date: | Sunday 1 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Heinkel He 115C-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./Kü.Fl.Gr.506 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3248 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 1 December 1940 the He 115 C-4 WNr 3248 VF+UR of 1./ Kü.Fl.Gr.506 was flying a reconnaissance mission over the North Sea to help the cruiser Admiral Hipper that had left Kiel the day before for a raid in the Atlantic. The floatplane had engine trouble and should land in the sea in Pl.Qu. 3135 in bad weather, but another He 115, of 1./106, could land next to it and save the crew. One of them, Ltn.z.S. Helmut Stähler, was wounded.
Sources:
https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/luftwaffenfahrzeuge/luftwaffen_fahrzeuge_seeflugzeuge/ausgabe.php?flugtyp=%25&where_value=1118
http://web.archive.org/web/20120320130812/http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/luftwaffe1.html
"Les Hydravions de la Luftwaffe, volume 2", by Jean-Louis Roba and Hans-Werner Neulen. ISBN 978-2-914017-55-8
http://www.feldgrau.com/ahipper.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2017 11:08 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 18-Dec-2019 18:17 | nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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