ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195489
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| Date: | Sunday 15 October 1944 |
| Time: | 09:20 approx |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./KG 55 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4401 |
| MSN: | A 1 + B N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Rüddingshausen and Kesselbach (Rabenau, Hessen) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
It was a Sunday in the autumn of 1944, a Heinkel had taken off for a Überführungsflug (ferry flight).
The pilot became disoriented in thick fog. The aircraft crashed into the woods between Rüddingshausen and Kesselbach, municipality Rabenau.
All five crew members died in the crash:
Flugzeugführer: Fw. Heinz Kirchmeyer (*08.07.1920 Bremen)
Bordfunker: Uffz. Josef Schillings (* 04.08.1919 Neusern)
Kampfbeobachter: Fw. Karl Krupitza (*14.02.1919 Rabensburg)
Bordwart: Ogfr. Fritz Schollmeyer (* 05.01.1924 Borchh.)
Bordschütze: Uffz. Hugo Friedrich (* 29.06.1920 Giesdorf)
Sources:
https://fliegerschicksale.de.tl/Kesselbach%2C-15-.--Oktober-1944.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2017 15:03 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Oct-2019 17:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 11:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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