Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 in Autremencourt: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 18, 1941 at 1440 LT
Operator:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
3307
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was approaching Laon-Chambry AFB when it collided with a second Luftwaffe He.111 that was approaching the same airbase. Both airplanes crashed in Autremencourt, about 13 km northeast of the airfield. All eight occupants in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Lt Jürgen Kübel, pilot,
Ogfr Karl Fücker, observer,
Gefr Leopold Breier, radio operator,
Ogfr Hermann Janicke, air gunner.
Crew:
Lt Jürgen Kübel, pilot,
Ogfr Karl Fücker, observer,
Gefr Leopold Breier, radio operator,
Ogfr Hermann Janicke, air gunner.
