ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22382
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| Date: | Thursday 27 June 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 |
| Owner/operator: | 2.Staffel I./KG4 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5J+EK |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 20 miles off the mouth of the River Tees, County Durham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
(5J+EK) The aircraft possibly shot down during a sortie on Middlesborough by 39398 Sgt R A Thompson in Spitfire L1078 of 72 Sqn at night and crashed into sea, the crew were all captured.
Fw Siegfried Gessert pilot pow
Uffz Karl-Heinz Beck pow
Uffz Willhelm Dieter pow
Gfr Horst Filihowski pow
Sources:
Luftwaffe Crash book
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2008 12:29 | Anon. | Added |
| 09-Nov-2012 16:06 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2019 18:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |
| 10-Dec-2019 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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