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Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-4 in North Ockendon

Date & Time: Aug 24, 1940 at 1600 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A1+KT
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was hit by the British Flak then shot down by the pilot of a Hurricane. The crew made an emergency landing in a field in North Ockendon and became PoW.
Crew:
Fw Alfred Faas, pilot,
Lt Willi Luttigen, observer,
Uffz Oskar Lackner, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Platzer, air gunner,
Uffz Herbert Hernaus, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.