ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244759
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Date: | Thursday 25 April 1940 |
Time: | c. |
Type: | Heinkel He 115 |
Owner/operator: | 2./Kü.Fl.Gr.506 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | S4-?? |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Trondheim Harbour, -
Norway
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Trondheim Harbour |
Destination airport: | Trondheim Harbour |
Narrative:Heinkel He 115 seaplane (S4+??), Unit, 2./Ku.Fl.Gr 506, was shot down by Blackburn Skua's from 803 Sqn. Royal Navy FAA, HMS Glorious, early morning, 25th April 1940 during a bombing raid on Trondheim, Harbour, Norway (during the 'Norwegian Campaign')
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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_115 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0WLNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT228&lpg=PT228&dq=german+freighter+barenfels+skua+attack&source=bl&ots=qr_-yOnbbC&sig=ACfU3U0fr_ag7LgzDr1KSjarvRXvpA4Hvw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif25icoOTsAhV3ZhUIHeuzCKYQ6AEwD3oECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=german%20freighter%20barenfels%20skua%20attack&f=false https://www.ww2.dk/air/seefl/kflgr506.htm http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_heinkel_he_115.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Nov-2020 17:45 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |
31-Jan-2021 16:58 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
22-Jun-2022 22:24 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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