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| Date: | Wednesday 22 November 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab I./ KG4 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5J+FA |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Torhout, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Quakenbrück-am-Rhine, (G) |
On November 22, 1939, a Heinkel He111, code 5J+FA of Stabstaffel I/KG.4 based at Quakenbrück-am-Rhine (Germany) encountered two Curtiss Hawk 75 fighters of the French 1ère Escadrille du Groupe de Chasse 1/4 at Norrent-Fontes (France) and in the ensuing dog-fight, was shot down near Torhout (Flanders, Belgium).
Crew attempted to make an emergency landing but the aircraft crashed near Torhout. While the captain was injured, and taken POW, all three other crew were killed.
Sources:
1. http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Belgian_Aviation_History/interbellum/ThePhoneyWar%2002.htm
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1939/archives/crash-of-a-heinkel-he-111-in-torhout-3-killed/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jan-2011 14:54 | ThW | Added |
| 09-Nov-2012 16:23 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, ] |
| 05-Nov-2014 13:58 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Sep-2015 09:26 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 29-Sep-2015 19:36 | sandman56 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 08-Jan-2017 22:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Dec-2019 19:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 08-Dec-2019 18:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 15-Jan-2020 11:08 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 04-Nov-2022 23:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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