Accident Heinkel He 111 H-4 5711, Wednesday 19 March 1941
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Date:Wednesday 19 March 1941
Time:00:54 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic H111 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Heinkel He 111 H-4
Owner/operator:7./KG4 Luftwaffe
Registration: 5711
MSN: 5J+
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Leeuwarden, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Leeuwarden airfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed at takeoff.
Feindflug (operational sortie). Damage: 85%.
The KNMI meteorological station at Eelde, roughly 50 kilometres from the crash site, gives the following weather data for 19-03-41:
- Temperatures
Mean: 0.4°C
Maximum: 3.3°C
Minimum: -5.2°C
50 minutes of sun with a maximum hourly average of wind of 3 on the scale of Beaufort.

Crew:
Flugzeugführer Uffz. K. Bernhard Luftwaffe Survived wounded
Beobachter Oblt. H. Nottelmann Luftwaffe Survived wounded
Bordfunker Ogfr. G. Romeike Luftwaffe Survived wounded

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0971&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Mar-2019 15:00 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Jun-2019 19:02 TigerTimon Updated [Total occupants]
09-Dec-2019 15:46 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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