ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220198
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 June 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Heinkel He 51 |
| Owner/operator: | Luftdienst-Kdo 62 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 1108 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brunsbüttel harbor, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 4 June 1940 Uffz.d.R. Ferdinand Stortz of Luftdienst-Kommando 62 was killed when his He 51 WNr 1108 crashed after hitting the lighthouse on the Mole IV in Brunsbüttel harbor while making a low pass during a target towing flight.
Sources:
http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seeluft/Verlustlisten/Jahr1940.htm
http://www.ww2.dk/air/misc/ld62.html
http://www.leuchtturm-atlas.de/HTML/BrunsM.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunsb%C3%BCttel
http://www.maplandia.com/germany/schleswig-holstein/schleswig-holstein/dithmarschen/brunsbuttel/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2018 23:16 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 20-Dec-2019 20:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Jan-2020 08:33 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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