ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 242534
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 September 1940 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./KG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 3287 |
| MSN: | 1H+AM, weisse A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands |
The aircraft was shot down while engaged in a Nachtstöreinsatz (nuisance operation) against Edinburgh in Scotland.
Flugzeugführer / Fw. E. Ewerts / missing in action
Beobachter / Ofw. A. Suszmann / missing in action
Bordfunker / Fw. R. Handwerker / missing in action
Bordschütze / Uffz. W. Mahlman / Ysselsteyn cemetery (Limburg, the Netherlands); grave AR-10-231 / washed up Ameland island, initially buried Leeuwarden
Propagandakompagnie / Oblt. Wingendorf / missing in action
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0815A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
GQM (#2-3); GQM (#2-3, 7.9.40, 25); Schmidt, KG26, page 350; BoB T&N, page 621
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Sep-2020 16:49 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-Sep-2020 16:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2020 17:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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