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Date: | Saturday 29 June 1940 |
Time: | 02:15 |
Type: | Heinkel He 115 |
Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
Registration: | Wk nr ? |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 30 Miles off Whitby, North Yorkshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:A Heinkel 115 crashed into the sea thirty miles off Whitby due to engine failure during a minelaying sortie at 02.15 on the night of 29-30th June 1940. The crew were rescued from their dinghy, after 28 hours adrift and landed at Grimsby.
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https://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_04.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Aug-2008 23:11 |
Anon. |
Added |
10-Jan-2012 08:47 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
25-Apr-2019 23:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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