ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 223722
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 April 1941 |
| Time: | 00:37 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 P-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./KG 55 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2976 |
| MSN: | G1+HK, weisse K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | English Channel near Worthing, West Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dreux airfield, France |
Takeoff in the evening of the 7th for a Feindflug (operational sortie) to Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Pilot Officer A.J. Hodgkinson of 219 Squadron RAF, who was flying a Beaufighter, at 00:37 hrs.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Ofw. H.K. Schwiering - Washed up at Schiermonnikoog island, the Netherlands and was buried there on the fourth of September 1941.
Beobachter Fw. W. Ehrlich - missing in action
Bordfunker Fw. W. Letzius - missing in action
Bordmechaniker Fw. E. Nottmeier - Washed ashore at Worthing on the eighteenth of April 1941 and was buried at Cannock, Staffordshire.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0983A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2019 12:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Apr-2019 06:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 08-Apr-2019 10:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 11:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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