ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277551
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| Date: | Sunday 19 April 1942 |
| Time: | 17:33 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./KG 27 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4937 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kherson/West airfield -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kherson/West airfield |
| Feindflug - operational sortie |
Due to engine failure on takeoff, the aircraft hit a lorry. The bombs exploded, ending the lives of all four crewmen:
(FF) Oberleutnant Horeis, Walter
(B) Feldwebel Fleischmann, Gerhard
(Bf) Feldwebel Bock, Gerhard
(Bs) Unteroffizier Groß, Werner
Sources:
GQM (#5-8); Waiss, KG27, IV, page 51
WASt-Gräberkartei
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Russia%20and%20Ukraine.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherson_Oblast
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2022 17:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
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