ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49747
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| Date: | Monday 9 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-20 |
| Owner/operator: | 7./KG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 700245 |
| MSN: | 5K+ER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nijemirdum - Kippenburg (Nijemirdum), Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Varrelbusch airfield (G) |
While engaged in an operational sortie, the aircraft collided in mid-air, with He 111 H-16 5K+CR of the 8./KG 3. There were no survivors.
The crew was initially buried at Leeuwarden, but now rests at Ysselsteyn in Limburg:
Flugzeugführer Fw. V. Happel 215508/112 Luftwaffe - grave AT-10-229
Beobachter Uffz. W. Friedemann 60455/283 Luftwaffe - grave AT-10-228
Bordfunker Ogfr. M. Thoelke 215508/115 Luftwaffe - grave AT-10-227
Bordfunker Uffz. A. Rutscho 215508/114 Luftwaffe - grave AT-10-226
Bordschütze Gfr. W. Winkel B65119/163 Luftwaffe - grave AT-10-223
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4516&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1944 | 160923 | 7./KG 3 Luftwaffe | 5 | Trouville, Seine-Maritime, Normandie |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Apr-2010 09:05 | gw | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2019 13:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2020 21:30 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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