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He111 5449

Type : He111 Mark : H-4 Last Flew : 28th October 1939 Known Codes : 1H+JA

Known information

28th October 1939

1H+JA,of KG 26 had been briefed to carry out a reconnaissance mission over the Firth of Clyde, possibly looking for HMS Hood, and then to continue homeward over the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. However, the aircraft was detected while en route to the Firth of Forth.Fighters from 602 (City of Glasgow) and 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadrons formerly, Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) Squadrons based at RAF Drem were scrambled to intercept the bomber. When the Heinkel pilot realised that he was being pursued, he began a turn to the south-east in an attempt to escape the RAF fighters. However, despite employing extensive evasive tactics, the Heinkel was hit numerous times by machine gun fire, sustaining serious damage. (One of the RAF airmen involved was 25-year-old Flight Lieutenant Archie McKellar of 602 Squadron. Sadly, Archie McKellar was killed a few hours after the official end of the Battle of Britain.) During the encounter the two air gunners in the rear of the Heinkel were killed, Lehmkul was hit in the back by machine gun fire and was wounded while Niehoff suffered a fractured spine during the crash landing. The pilot managed to force land his aircraft in a nearby field Both the German pilot and the navigator spent the rest of the war as POW's. The two Luftwaffe air gunners Cpl Bruno Reimann and •Sgt Gottleb Kowalke who were killed were buried with full military honours.

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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