Schleswig - Schleswig

On February 3, 1940 at 09:30 AM, Schleswig - Schleswig experienced a crash involving Heinkel He.111, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Amble Northumberland.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance 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 on a reconnaissance mission, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the crew of a RAF Hawker Hurricane and crashed into the Druridge Bay located south of Amble, Northumberland. All four crew members were killed. Crew (26th Squadron): Uffz Walter Remishke, pilot, Lt Luther von Bruning, observer, Fw Herbert Panzlaff, wireless operator, Fw Herbert Peterson, engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1H+HL.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.3338°, -1.5839°.