Accident Heinkel He 111H-3 1H+HP,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22419
 
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Date:Friday 6 September 1940
Time:03:15 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic H111 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Heinkel He 111H-3
Owner/operator:6./KG 26 Luftwaffe
Registration: 1H+HP
MSN: 3258
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off the County Durham Coast -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Amiens, France
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Based Amiens. All crew Killed In Action the night of 6/7 September, 1940, failed to return from a mission over England, believed to have crashed into the North Sea near the coast of County Durham. All four crew killled were:

Uffz Bartels (killed),
Ofw Staffeldt (killed),
Fw Markuse (killed),
Gefr Meier (killed)

NOTE; This is a different aircraft to the He 111 which crashed at 55 Suffolk Street, Sunderland, County Durham on the night of 5/6 September 1940

Sources:

1. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?s=1600&q=Karl%2C

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Aug-2008 23:11 Anon. Added
30-Oct-2010 15:17 Masen63 Updated [Cn, Operator]
10-Jan-2012 08:18 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative]
29-Sep-2015 07:56 Anon. Updated [Registration, Narrative]
22-May-2019 14:15 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Dec-2019 10:57 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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