ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22396
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Date: | Thursday 15 August 1940 |
Time: | 13:00 LT |
Type: | Heinkel He 111H-4 |
Owner/operator: | 8. Staffel III./KG 26 („Löwen“) Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 1H+AS |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea, off Northumberland coast -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kristiansand, Stavanger, Norway |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:He 111-H-4 of 8 Staffel III/KG.26 Luftwaffe (1H+?S) The aircraft had its target as RAF Usworth near Sunderland, when it was shot down by fighters. All four crew killed (three confirmed killed, one missing presumed killed):
Oblt Hans von Lüpke pilot killed
Ofw Karl Hennicke observer killed
Uffz Max Knauer wireless operator missing
Uffz Karl Schlick mechanic killed
Sources:
1. Luftwaffe Losses over Northumberland and Durham: 1939-1945 By Bill Norman p 55
2.
https://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_06.html 3.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=21219 4.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-heinkel-he111-northumberland-4-killed 5.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?s=2400&q=august%2C%2C Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Aug-2008 21:02 |
Anon. |
Added |
09-Nov-2012 16:17 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
29-May-2019 00:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Dec-2019 11:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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