ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227477
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| Date: | Sunday 30 July 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-16 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./KG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 8269 |
| MSN: | 5K+FS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Het Zwin nature reserve, Knokke-Heist, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Venlo airfield (NL) |
The aircraft was hit by own Flak (Kriegsmarine) and crashed.
Feindflug (operational sortie). Heinkels of the III./KG 3 launched V-1 weapons over the North Sea during this period.
Crew:
(FF) Unteroffizier Alfons Rieger - slightly injured
(B) Unteroffizier Rudolf Noreike - slightly injured
(Bf) Gefreiter Hans Gründler - missing in action
(Bs) Gefreiter Egon Pollinger - slightly injured
(Bs) Obergefreiter Waldemar Lahn - missing in action
Sources:
Liste-RT (NVM; EG30KAB)
Google Maps
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2019 17:11 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 15-Mar-2020 15:31 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 27-Jun-2022 23:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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