ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 91513
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| Date: | Thursday 7 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 H-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 3./KG 100 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4736 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Pitomnik and Novocherkassk -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pitomnik |
| Nowotscherkask |
On 7 January 1943 the He 111 H-6 WNr 4736 of 3./KG 100 was lost for an unknown reason while returning to its base of Novocherkassk after a supply flight to Pitomnik airfield near Stalingrad. The four crew were initially posted missing but the loss list was later corrected: the pilot, Lt Heinz Fischer, and the radio operator, Uffz Oskar Waibel, had been killed while the two other crew, Gefr Franz Grupp (observer) and Uffz Josef Reindl (flying engineer), were wounded. No other details are known.
Sources:
Lutfwaffe loss list (RL 2-III/1185, page 22)
"La Kampfgeschwader 100. L’escadre au Drakkar (1938-1944)", by Jean-Louis Roba, ISBN 2-914017-82-4, pages 117 & 200
https://www.fold3.com/image/693118150
https://www.fold3.com/image/699434705
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Sep-2023 14:54 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated |
| 19-Sep-2023 20:00 | Anon. | Updated |
| 20-Sep-2023 20:43 | Nepa | Updated |
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