ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53782
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 September 1940 |
| Time: | 04:17 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 P-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./KG 4 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2869 |
| MSN: | 5J+*M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | rail road Eindhoven-Best near Best; Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eindhoven airfield |
| Feindflug (operational sortie) - London, England |
When approaching the northeast-southwest runway, the aircraft collided with a passing goods train. The pilot had aborted the mission due to technical problems. Those who did not survive were initially buried at Eindhoven:
Flugzeugführer Lt. H. Arnold / Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave AA-1-20
Bombenschütze Gfr. A. Nowak / Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave AA-1-21
Bordschütze Gfr. W. Hain / Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave AA-1-22
N.N. / wounded
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0836&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 May 1940 | 4./KG 4 Luftwaffe | 4 | Soesterberg AFB, Utrecht | |
w/o | |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 10 May 1940 | 4./KG 4 Luftwaffe | 4 | Soesterberg AFB, Utrecht | |
w/o | |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 19 June 1940 | 4./KG4 Luftwaffe | 4 | North Sea, near Cork Sand Light Vessel, off Felixtowe, Suffolk |  |
w/o | |
| 19 January 1941 | 2981 | 4./KG4 Luftwaffe | 0 | Vogelenzang - Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 22 March 1941 | 3099 | 4./KG4 Luftwaffe | 0 | Soesterberg Airfield, Utrecht | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Sep-2020 19:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2020 07:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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