ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244604
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| Date: | Sunday 14 April 1940 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | Heinkel 115 |
| Owner/operator: | 1./Kü.Fl.Gr.106 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bergen Harbour, -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The Heinkel 115 seaplane was sunk when strafed at its moorings by Royal Navy, FAA Blackburn Skua's during a bombing mission against shipping in Bergen Harbour, Norway, on the 14th April 1940 by 803 Sqn. aircraft from RNAS Hatston, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Sources:
https://dingeraviation.net/skuaroc/norway.htm#:~:text=The%20Germans%20invaded%20Norway%20on,the%20K%C3%B6nigsberg%20in%20Bergen%20harbour.&text=On%20the%2012th%20of%20April,on%20shipping%20in%20Bergen%20harbour.
http://filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pdfs/small/cab-66-7-wp-40-131-11.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_115
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 April 1940 | S4-?? | 2./Kü.Fl.Gr.506 Luftwaffe | 3 | Trondheim Harbour, | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2020 01:00 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 03-Nov-2020 22:44 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2020 13:03 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Operator] |
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