ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53810
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| Date: | Friday 30 August 1940 |
| Time: | 04:30 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 4./KG 53 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2711 |
| MSN: | A1+*M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, Thames estuary, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lille/Nord AB (F) |
Feindflug (operational sortie). The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Fw. H. Beffart Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; BU-10-237
Beobachter Ofw. W. Ostertag 65117/8 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; CL-3-75
Bordfunker Uffz. L. Brock Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; CL-3-73
Bordmechaniker Uffz. H. Frank Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; BK-3-51
Bordschütze Gfr. K. Schmiedl Luftwaffe - missing in action
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0802B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kampfgeschwader/KG53.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 July 1940 | 4./KG 53 Luftwaffe | 5 | North Sea 10 miles east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Jul-2019 06:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2020 11:25 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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