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Date: | Friday 17 January 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Heinkel He 111 H2 |
Owner/operator: | Wekusta 2 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | T5+EU |
MSN: | 2645 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Fair Isle, Shetland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Oldenburg, Germany |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by RAF Hurricane's. The damaged plane crash landed at the island.
The two airmen who died were:
Wd. Insp. A. Kr. Leo Gburek,
Gefr. Georg Nentwig
Both men were buried in the small parish churchyard at the southern end of Fair Isle.
Those who survived with injuries were:
Leutnant Karl Heinz Thurz (20), Pilot
Feldwebel Josef Wohlfahrt, 1st Wireless Operator
Unteroffizier Bernard Luking, engineer/air gunner
Sources:
http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/heinkel-he111_fair-isle.htm https://aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=Thurz%2C+Karl+Heinz&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Nov-2014 12:17 |
gerard57 |
Added |
17-Jun-2024 16:34 |
MMR |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Source] |
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