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Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 of the Isle of Arz

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
RK+??
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
5661
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off the Isle of Arz, in the Gulf of Morbihan, south of Vannes. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Obst Martin Harlinghausen,
Fw Friedrich Doucha,
Ofw August Sichelschmidt.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.