ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22427
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 February 1940 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111H-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 2.Staf I./KG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 1H+AK |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 7 miles off St Abbs Head, Berwickshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Schleswig-Holstein, (G) |
He111H-3 1H+AK of Luftwaffe 2.Staffel I/KG 26 Schleswig: The aircraft was shot down at 12:30 BST on 27 February 1940 by 90330 Flying Officer George Desmond 'Dizzy' Ayre from Canada, Flying Officer Dudley 'Presser' Perrse-Joynt and Pilot Officer James Richebourg 'Bucku' Buchanan in Spitfires of 609 Sqn; the He111H-3, which was trying to attack convoy "Alice", crashed into the North Sea seven miles off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire, with both engines on fire.
All four crew survived; they crew took to their dinghy, were picked up by a trawler, and landed at Dundee, and became PoWs:
Oblt Ernst Heinrich, Pilot (POW)
Fw Karl Henrici, Radio Operator (POW)
Uffz Hermann Jonas, Observer (POW)
Uffz Kurt Weinert, Flight Engineer (POW)
Sources:
1. http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/18783/?page=2
2. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=1405
3. http://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_03.html
4. http://www.winchestercollegeatwar.com/archive/ayre-george-desmonde/
5. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Jonas
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2008 23:12 | Anon. | Added |
| 23-Feb-2009 03:11 | Bob | Updated |
| 09-Nov-2012 15:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2012 15:35 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration] |
| 09-Aug-2016 20:07 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2017 22:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Sep-2018 23:15 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2019 19:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 09-Dec-2019 11:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-Jan-2020 17:46 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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