ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22384
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 June 1940 |
| Time: | 00:17 |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111P-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 3.Staffel I./KG4 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5J+BL |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 20 miles off the Humber, East Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
(5J+BL) The target for this aircraft was Birmingham it is thought to have been shot down by 40859 P/O Donald Sidney Smith in a Spitfire of 616 Sqn Leconfield, aircraft crashed into the sea 20 miles off the Humber, East Yorkshire
Hptmn Heinz Schröder Staffelkapitan of 3/I/KG4 observer killed
Lt Helmut Furcht pilot killed
Ofw Martin Hartel wireless operator killed
Fw Eugen Seitz mechanic killed
Sources:
Luftwaffe crash book
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2008 12:29 | Anon. | Added |
| 09-Nov-2012 16:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2015 07:59 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2019 18:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |
| 08-Dec-2019 18:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 10-Dec-2019 20:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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