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| Date: | Tuesday 3 September 1940 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./KG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3252 |
| MSN: | 1H+*N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maasbree, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield |
The aircraft collided with He 111 H-3 W.Nr. 3164. In both airplanes there were three fatalities.
The three crew members rest at Ysselsteyn cemetery:
Flugzeugführer / Oblt. G. Zobernig 62723/96 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn L-10-227
Bordschütze / Gfr. H. Bette 62723/75 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn L-10-228
Bordschütze / Gfr. W. Hermstedt 62723/100 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn O-1-9
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0812&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-20454.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Aug-2019 07:51 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Dec-2019 10:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 27-Apr-2020 16:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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