Accident Heinkel He 111 H-16 160571,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50049
 
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Date:Tuesday 19 September 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic H111 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Heinkel He 111 H-16
Owner/operator:8./KG 3 Luftwaffe
Registration: 160571
MSN: 5K+HS
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Scharl (Skarl), Warns, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Ahlhorn airfield (G)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed on return from an operation over the North Sea.
The crew were initially buried at Leeuwarden:

Flugzeugführer Fw. H. Holze Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn AT-10-249
- Uffz. H. Schwitalla Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn AT-10-248
- Uffz. E. Kaestner 51618/329 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn AT-10-245
- Uffz. G. Sauermann 53545/183 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn AT-10-246
- Fw. H. Just 51618/3226 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn AT-10-247

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4185&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Liste-RT (NVM; EI19KAA)

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 July 1944 160980 8./KG 3 Luftwaffe 2 west of Amiens, Somme, Hauts-de-France w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
10-Sep-2019 05:04 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Mar-2020 21:07 DG333 Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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