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| Date: | Thursday 21 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Heinkel He 115B/C |
| Owner/operator: | 1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 406 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2743 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Billefjord seaplane base -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Billefjord seaplane base |
On 21 January 1943 the He 115 B/C WNr 2743 of 1./KüGr 406 was moored in the seaplane base of Billefjord when its mooring lines broke due to stormy weather and icing. The floatplane then capsized and was damaged beyond repair by seawater.
Sources:
http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seeluft/Verlustlisten/Jahr1943.htm
http://www.luftwaffe.no/SIG/Losses/tap43.html (no more online)
http://web.archive.org/web/20120320130812/http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/luftwaffe1.html (no more online)
http://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Norway.pdf
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=70.325000&lon=25.063889&z=13&m=b
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2018 09:58 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 10-Dec-2019 21:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator, ] |
| 18-Dec-2019 18:24 | nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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