Incident Fokker T.VIIIw R-5,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222463
 
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Date:Wednesday 13 September 1939
Time:14:21 LT
Type:Fokker T.VIIIw
Owner/operator:MLD
Registration: R-5
MSN: 5613
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off Ameland, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:De Mok, Texel island
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The aircraft was shot up by a Heinkel He 115 of the 1./Küstenfliegergruppe 106, 5 miles north of Hollum, and ditched in the North Sea.

The four crew members sustained slight injuries and were picked up by the Heinkel and flown to Norderney naval station in Germany.

Sources:

Provinciale Drentsche en Asser courant
15-09-1939

Images:


Source: BAMA Freiburg

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Mar-2019 16:40 Cobar Added
02-Mar-2019 16:41 Cobar Updated [Departure airport]
25-Oct-2020 13:54 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, Photo]
25-Oct-2020 13:55 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
12-Jun-2022 09:55 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Narrative]

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