ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 242577
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Date: | Tuesday 10 September 1940 |
Time: | 04:30 approx |
Type: | Heinkel He 111 P-2 |
Owner/operator: | II./KG 4 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 2792 |
MSN: | 5J+ |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Eindhoven Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:In the night of 9 to 10 September 1940, 8 Heinkels were lost in a sea of flames while two others were substantially damaged. Leutnant H. Arnold of the 4. Staffel confused Fliegerhorst Eindhoven with the Notabwurfplatz near Oirschot and dropped his bomb load on the 'friendly' machines.
Damage to W.Nr. 2792 was assessed as 50%.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=R0035&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
17 May 1940 |
|
Stab./KG 4 Luftwaffe |
3 |
Ellewoutsdijk, Zeeland |
|
w/o |
17 May 1940 |
|
Stab./KG 4 Luftwaffe |
4 |
North Sea near Kapelle, Zeeland |
|
w/o |
3 March 1941 |
3270 |
III./KG4 Luftwaffe |
0 |
near Leeuwarden, Friesland |
|
w/o |
19 March 1941 |
5711 |
7./KG4 Luftwaffe |
0 |
near Leeuwarden, Friesland |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Sep-2020 07:50 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
18-Sep-2020 07:55 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
16-Jun-2022 04:32 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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