ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227508
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| Date: | Monday 29 July 1940 |
| Time: | 14:45 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./KG 53 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | A1+ |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 miles off Lowestoft, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vitry-en-Artois airfield (F) |
The aircraft was shot down by Spitfire Mk I's (Blue section) of No. 66 Squadron RAF.
Feindflug (operational sortie) / Target - convoy
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Fw. E. Knobloch Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; BF-4-79 - washed up Westenschouwen (Burgh-Haamstede, Zeeland, the Netherlands) in late August 1940
Beobachter Lt. O. Kliffken Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; CO-5-106
- Gfr. H. Fricke Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; BK-2-44
- Gfr. H. Keil Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; BK-2-50
- Fw. M. Eiblmeier 69038/35 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; BF-4-94 - washed up near Haamstede (Zeeland, the Netherlands) on the 26th of August 1940
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0762D&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/66_wwII.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jul-2019 15:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Jul-2019 15:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Jan-2020 11:13 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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