ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22426
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| Date: | Friday 9 August 1940 |
| Time: | 11:52 |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111H-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 7. Staffel III./KG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 1H+ER |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Whitburn, County Durham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Heinkel He111H-3 1H+ER of Luftwaffe, 7. Staffel III/KG 26 Stavanger: The aircraft was shot down by Spitfires of 79 Sqn from RAF Acklington flown by 36108 Flt/Lt Rupert Frederick Henry Clerke, 522272 Sgt John Wright and 74366 Pilot Officer George Hassel Nelson-Edwards and after dumping its bombs on Sunderland, County Durham. According to a contemporary report:
"Four people were killed and seventy-eight injured, when a shipyard (Laing's), a railway bridge, some residential property in Bonners Field and the Monkwearmouth Station Hotel was hit when bombing took place at Sunderland at 11:40 by a Heinkel He 111H, dumping its bombs, it then fell into the sea off Whitburn at 11.52 after an RAF fighter attack. The crew were picked by a RN patrol boat, two of the crew were injured and two were unhurt".
The Heinkel ditched into the North Sea off Whitburn, north of Sunderland, and all four crew were taken as PoWs:
Uffz Otto Denner pilot (POW)
Fw Willi Haertel observer (POW)
Uffz Gustav Karkos mechanic (POW)
Uffz Fritz Feinekat wireless operator (POW)
Sources:
1. http://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_05.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2008 23:12 | Anon. | Added |
| 09-Nov-2012 15:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2017 16:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2017 22:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 09-Dec-2019 11:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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