ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224083
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Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
Time: | 05:05 LT |
Type: | Heinkel He 111H-2 |
Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
Registration: | KS+DS |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Charvieu-Chavagneux, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes -
France
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Landsberg-Lech Air Base, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria (ETSA) |
Destination airport: | Landsberg-Lech Air Base, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria (ETSA) |
Narrative:Written off 10.5.40 when shot down by flak/AAA. The crew was performing a reconnaissance flight in the area of Lyon, France. While cruising by night, the twin engine aircraft was hit by Flak. Crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Without a pilot, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in an open field located in Charvieu-Chavagneux, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (at approximate Coordinates: 45°44′47″N 5°09′53″E). All five crew members survived but were taken POW.
Sources:
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https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-heinkel-he111-charvieu-chavagneux 2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charvieu-Chavagneux Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Apr-2019 16:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
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