ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22351
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| Date: | Saturday 20 July 1940 |
| Time: | 00:15 LT |
| Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 200 C-1 Condor |
| Owner/operator: | 1./KG 40 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | F8+EH, weisse E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bordeaux-Merignac airfield, France |
Based Bordeaux-Merignac.
Shot down by anti-aircraft fire while on a mine laying mission & crashed into the sea offshore.
Fw Herbert Külken pilot pow
Fw Karl Nicolai wireless operator pow
Fw Willi Meyer mechanic killed
Hptm Roman Stesszyn observer missing
Gefr Silverius Zaunig gunner missing
Gefr J Perl gunner missing
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0751A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
GQM (#1-2), (07.11.41, Ber., "p");
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2008 10:16 | Anon. | Added |
| 29-Mar-2010 14:27 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2010 14:36 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2010 02:26 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 04-Feb-2011 02:58 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2012 08:21 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2015 07:58 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2019 14:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2019 14:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Dec-2019 18:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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