ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22429
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| Date: | Saturday 3 February 1940 |
| Time: | 11:15 |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111H-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Staffel I./KG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 1H+?? |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Druridge Bay, near Amble, Northumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Schleswig-Holstein, (G) |
| Schleswig-Holstein |
Heinkel He111 1H+?? of Luftwaffe, 3 Staffel, I/KG 26 was attacked by Gladiators of 152 Squadronn flown by 32020 Squadron Leader Frederick William Charles Schute, Sgt F E Shepperd and 41688 Pilot Officer Jack Falkson, aircraft last seen smoking with its undercarriage dangling down flying south off Druridge Bay, Northumberland.
NOTE: This is NOT the same aircraft that was shot down by Hurricanes of 43 Squadron, RAF Acklington - that combat took place on the same day, but two hours earlier. Luftwaffe loss returns for 3 February 1940 record that one He 111H-3 was wrecked when it crashed back at base in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, which may have been this aircraft, as their is no confirmation that it crashed into the North Sea
Sources:
1. https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/luftlossreg-bomb-KG26.html
2. http://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_02.html
3. Luftwaffe Losses over Northumberland and Durham: 1939-1945 By Bill Norman pages 29-30
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2008 23:12 | Anon. | Added |
| 10-Jan-2012 08:51 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2012 16:24 | Uli Elch | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2015 09:26 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 11-Jan-2017 22:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2017 00:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 11:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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