ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230049
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| Date: | Sunday 5 November 1944 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-16 |
| Owner/operator: | 2./KG 53 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 8540 |
| MSN: | A1+GK |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Radio Kootwijk, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ahlhorn airfield (G) |
On return from an operation over the North Sea, the aircraft hit a radio antenna mast at Radio Kootwijk and crashed. Remarkably, one crew member survived the nocturnal crash.
Three did not survive and were buried at Vrijland near Deelen airfield at Arnhem:
Flugzeugführer Ofw. Karl-Heinz Mallach 51616/449 / Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave BN-10-240 / 20 years old
Beobachter Uffz. Paul Röhl 51616/457 / Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave BM-10-226 / 19 years old
Bordschütze Uffz. Karl-Heinz Welzel 51618/309 / Ysselsteyn cemetery; grave BN-10-239 / 21 years old
Bordschütze Ogfr. A. Kartak B65120/143 / injured, taken to Reserve-Lazarett Apeldoorn, a military hospital
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4645B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Oct-2019 15:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2019 16:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2020 19:17 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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