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Date: | Thursday 7 December 1939 |
Time: | 11:15 LT |
Type: | Heinkel He 111H |
Owner/operator: | 8./KG 53 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Giebelstadt airfield, Bayern -
Germany
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Giebelstadt airfield |
Destination airport: | Heimatflug (non-operational sortie) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft crashed on takeoff due to 'überziehen', or a too steep of a pull up manoeuvre. It crashed and burned out.
Sources:
GQM (#1-1); Cornwell, BoF, page 124; L. Vervoort
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Germany%20[1937%20Borders].pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jan-2021 09:40 |
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