Accident Heinkel He 111 H-16 162080,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49661
 
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Date:Friday 10 November 1944
Time:evening
Type:Silhouette image of generic H111 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Heinkel He 111 H-16
Owner/operator:3./KG 53 Luftwaffe
Registration: 162080
MSN: A1+AB
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea (probably) -
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Varrelbusch airfield, Germany (takeoff at 18:03 hrs)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Failed to return from a V-1 weapon launch over the North Sea.

Crew:
Flugzeugführer Ofhr. W. Janssen 51618/321 Luftwaffe / Missing in action
Beobachter Fhr. R. Grossmann 71061/300 Luftwaffe / Missing in action
Bordfunker Uffz. A. Sterzing 51618/322 Luftwaffe / Missing in action
Bordmechaniker Ogfr. W. Rydzy 65121/116 Luftwaffe / Missing in action
Bordschütze Ogfr. E. Krüger 53489/204 Luftwaffe / Missing in action

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4669A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kampfgeschwader/KG53.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
19-Oct-2019 10:02 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Mar-2020 19:18 Xindel XL Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
04-Sep-2021 07:53 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Time, Location, Country, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative]

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