ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227478
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| Date: | Thursday 3 August 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-16 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./KG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 8268 |
| MSN: | 5K+MR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kortrijk, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield (NL) |
Due to flying very low, the aircraft struck a tree causing a fire in the cockpit.
The pilot tried to perform an emergency-landing in an industrial area but this failed and the aircraft was destroyed.
Feindflug (operational sortie). Heinkels of the III./KG 3 launched V-1 weapons over the North Sea in this period.
Crew (all killed):
(FF) Oberfähnrich Friedrich Martin
(B) Obergefreiter Rudi Fiedler
(Bf) Unteroffizier Arthur Mohr
(Bs) Gefreiter Georg Gattnar
(Bs) Gefreiter Edmund Weigelt
Sources:
Liste-RT (NVM; EH03KAB)
Google Maps
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2019 17:30 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 31-Dec-2019 11:57 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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