ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244879
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Date: | Friday 26 April 1940 |
Time: | c. |
Type: | Heinkel He 111 |
Owner/operator: | LG 1 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | ???? |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Norwegian west coast, -
Norway
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:The Aircraft was shot down by 803 Sqn FAA Royal Navy Blackburn Skua's from HMS Glorious while carrying out a combat patrol over the Andalsnes area of Norway on the 26th April 1940. The Heinkel crashed into the sea and sank.
Sources:
https://dingeraviation.net/skuaroc/norway.htm http://www.airwar.ru/history/av2ww/allies/skua/skua.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehrgeschwader_1 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Nov-2020 18:24 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |
31-Jan-2021 16:59 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Operator] |
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