Westerland - Westerland

On January 30, 1940 at 12:00 AM, Westerland - Westerland experienced a crash involving Heinkel He.111, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Coquet Island Northumberland.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. While cruising off the British coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by a RAF Hawker Hurricane and crashed into the sea some 5 miles east of the Coquet Island. All four crew members were killed. Crew (4th Squadron): Fw Helmut Höfer, pilot, Uffz Richard Feist, observer, Ogfr Albert Hain, wireless operator, Gfr Werner Korsinsky, engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1H+KM.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.3350°, -1.5386°.