ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53886
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| Date: | Friday 12 July 1940 |
| Time: | 09:40 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./KG 53 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | A1+*M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 miles east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lille/Nord airfield (F) |
Heinkel He 111H-2, Luftwaffe: Shot down and crashed into the North Sea, North East of Margate, Kent by Flying Officer Peter Cape Beauchamp St. John of 74 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch. The Heinkel was attacking a convoy (code named "Booty") off Kent, bound for the Port of London. According to the biography of F/O Beauchamp St. John for this period (see link #1)
"On the afternoon of 12 July 1940, the squadron was once again North East of Margate. They find a ship, which was being bombed by a Heinkel 111. 'Sailor' Malan, as Red 1, leads Red Section into the attack in line astern formation closing to 300 yards. Malan's attack silences the heavy fire from the aircraft's rear gunner. Red 1 (P/O Mold) and Red 3 (P/O Stevenson) attack in turn, the aircraft crashes into the Sea"
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. R. Franke 65115/19 - buried Ysselsteyn CL-1-5 (the Netherlands)
Beobachter Fw. G. Freitag 65115/22 - buried Ysselsteyn CL-1-4 (the Netherlands)
Bordfunker Uffz. A. Dombrowski - buried Ysselsteyn BK-2-35 (the Netherlands)
Bordmechaniker Fw. P. Krink - missing in action
Bordschütze Gfr. W. Ledl - missing in action
Sources:
1. A Salute to One Of the Few: The Life of Flying Officer Peter Cape Beauchamp By Simon St John Beer p 164
2. http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/St.John.htm
3. http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Pilots/St.John.htm
4. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0748&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
5. GQM (#1-2); BoB T&N, s.539; Kiehl, KG53, s.327; TOCH (Nauta)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1940 | 2711 | 4./KG 53 Luftwaffe | 5 | North Sea, Thames estuary, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-May-2019 01:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2019 07:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2020 11:08 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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