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He111 2728

Type : He111 Mark : H-1 Last Flew : 17th October 1939 Known Codes : F6+PK

Known information

17th October 1939

Luftwaffe, 2/Aufkl. Gr.122 shot down on 17 October 1939 at 16:00 hours, by three Spitfires from 41 Squadron, based at RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire. The 41 Squadron Spitfire pilots were Flying Officer Peter Blatchford (RCAF), Flight Sgt Ted Shipman and Flight Sgt Albert Harris. The He 111H-1 crashed into the sea, 20 miles off Sandsend near Whitby at 16.00. It is thought the He 111 was looking for the battleship HMS Hood, which was anchored in the Firth of Forth. Two of the crew of the German aircraft, Oblt Joachim Kretschmer and Uffz Hugo Sauer were both killed while the Heinkel was being shot down. The other crewmen, Ofw Eugen Lange and Uffz Bernhard Hochstuhl came ashore in a rubber dinghy. The injured crewman had a shrapnel wound to his leg. It seems they spent quite some time in the dinghy before making land. They came ashore at Lythdale Sands, on the 19th October 1939. Both survived the war. The body of Uffz Hugo Sauer washed ashore near Whitby on 30 October, 1939 and he now lies in the German Military Cemetery at Cannock Chase. The body of Oblt Joachim Kretschmer was never found.

Aircraft type : He111
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Aircraft	Info
He111 Click the name above to see prints featuring He111 aircraft. Manufacturer : Heinkel	He111 The German medium bomber the Heinkel He111 was designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter. The first He111 flew on 24th of February 1935, piloted by chief test pilot Gerhard Nitschke. The Heinkel He111 was the primary medium bomber of the Luftwaffe during the opening years of World War Two and the major bomber during the Battle of Britain. It was also used as a torpedo bomber during the Battle of the Atlantic. The Heinkel He111 was used in all theatres, Western, Eastern, Middle East and Northern Africa. He111 continued in production into 1944 and by the end of the war it was used primarily as a transport. Its origins came from a pre war airliner design.

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