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| Date: | Tuesday 26 September 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-194G |
| Owner/operator: | Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij - KLM |
| Registration: | PH-ASM |
| MSN: | 2142 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 120 km NW Helgoland, North Sea -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bulltofta - ESMM |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A KLM Douglas DC-3, named "Mees" was fired upon by a Luftwaffe Heinkel He 115 floatplane while en route on a scheduled flight between Malmö, Sweden and Amsterdam in the Netherlands (both were neutral countries at that time) .
A Swedish passenger, Gustav Lamm, was killed. The aircraft was hit by 65 bullets but was able to land safely at Schiphol Airport.
After this incident, KLM aircraft were painted orange with "HOLLAND" in capital letters on the fuselage.
Sources:
http://runeberg.org/tektid/1939a/0496.html
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beschieting_van_de_Mees
https://www.key.aero/article/how-klm-kept-flying-war-spread-through-europe
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 1944 | D-ATJG | Deutsche Lufthansa |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2022 18:32 | Masen63 | Added |
| 21-Sep-2024 13:17 | Planeguy777 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 21-Sep-2024 13:24 | ASN | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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