Wittmundhafen - Wittmundhafen

On June 27, 1940 at 12:00 AM, Wittmundhafen - Wittmundhafen experienced a crash involving Heinkel He.111, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Europe, United Kingdom.

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, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. While approaching the British coast north of Sunderland, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea. All four crew were rescued and taken POW. Crew (2. Staffel I/KG 4): Fw Siegfried Gessert, pilot, Uffz Karl-Heinz Beck, Uffz Willhelm Dieter, Gfr Horst Filihowski.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5J+EK.