Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-4 at Gilze-Rijen AFB: 11 killed

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1940 at 0013 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+FP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
3318
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
Shortly after a night takeoff from Gilze-Rijen AFB, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed onto a house located near the airfield, bursting into flames. All four crew members as well as seven people in the house were killed.
Crew:
Lt Siegfried Baltes, pilot,
Gefr Karl-Heinz Graunke, radio operator,
Lt Gottfried Pottgüter, observer,
Fw Erich Pfretzschner, mechanic.
The people killed on the ground were:
Wilhelmus J. van Wezel,
Wilhelmina P. van Wezel-van Kruisbergen,
Antonia M. van Wezel,
Petrus A. van Wezel,
Martinus G. van Wezel,
Jacobus M. van den Broek,
Jan Vermeulen.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-4 into the North Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+AM
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
3287
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on a raid over Edinburgh. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the North Sea, killing all five crew members.
Crew:
Fw E. Ewerts, pilot,
Ofw A. Suszmann, observer,
Fw R. Handwerker, radio operator,
Uffz W. Mahlman, air gunner,
Oblt Wingendorf.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 in Maasbree: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1940 at 1630 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+?N
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
3164
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
In unknown circumstances, the airplane collided with a second Luftwaffe He.111 registered 1H+?N and also carrying a crew of three. Both aircraft crashed in Maasbree. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt W. Wanderer, pilot,
Ogfr W. Herberger, radio operator,
Ogfr W. Steitz, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 in Maasbree: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1940 at 1630 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+?N
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
3252
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
In unknown circumstances, the airplane collided with a second Luftwaffe He.111 registered 1H+?N and also carrying a crew of three. Both aircraft crashed in Maasbree. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt G. Zobernig, pilot,
Gfr H. Bette, air gunner,
Gfr W. Hermstedt, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-2 in Vannes

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
6N+ML
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
5455
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After landing at Vannes Airport, the airplane collided with a second Luftwaffe Heinkel He.111 registered 6N+AL. There were no casualties. 6N+ML was destroyed and 6N+AL was repaired.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-2 in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1940 at 1445 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BA+NG
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
2430
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
In unclear circumstances, the airplane impacted trees and crashed in a wooded and hilly terrain north of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Gefr Walter Höhm, pilot,
Gefr Hermann Kastner, bomb aimer,
Gefr Rudolf Pyka, radio operator,
Gefr Kurt Engel, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in La Mézière: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1G+GT
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Rennes - Rennes
MSN:
1577
YOM:
1936
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Rennes, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located in La Mézière, about 16 km north of the airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Hans Stößel, pilot,
Uffz Ernest Urbich, observer,
Uffz Jonny Müller, radio operator,
Uffz Siegfried Wiechers, mechanic.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-2 off Southend: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1940 at 0430 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A1+?M
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lille - Lille
MSN:
2711
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Lille Airport on an operation over England. Approaching the British coast, it crashed in the Thames estuary off Southend. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw H. Beffart, pilot,
Ofw W. Ostertag, observer,
Uffz L. Brock, radio operator,
Uffz H. Frank, mechanic,
Gfr K. Schmiedl, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P in Nantes

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2813
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances. All six crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Oblt Nedden,
Lt Wrenski,
Oblt Hünerbein,
Uffz Schlosser,
Uffz Siebers,
Ogfr Walpert.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 in Southend: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A1+IL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Vitry-en-Artois - Vitry-en-Artois
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Vitry-en-Artois Airfield in France on a bombing mission to Hatfield, northwest of London area. It made a stop in Douai to pick up the crew of another He.111 before continuing to UK. While approaching England by the east at an altitude of some 3,000 feet, the bomber was shot down by a RAF fighter. Three crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in Southend. Three other crewmen were killed as well as one lady on the ground who was hit by debris.
Crew:
Uffz Helmut Gall, pilot,
Uffz Wolf Rossler, observer,
Ernst Erhard Von Kuenheim, radio officer,
Uffz Adolf Saam, flight engineer,
Heinrich Fischer, rear gunner +1.
Source & photos: http://southendpatriot.blogspot.nl/2014/03/the-heinkel-111-air-crash-in-lifstan.html
Probable cause:
Shot down by a RAF fighter.