Wittmundhafen - Wittmundhafen

On July 1, 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, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a RAF Spitfire and crashed into the sea, some 40 km off shore. All four crew members were rescued and taken POW. Crew (3. Staffel I/KG 4): Ofw Hermann Draisbach, pilot, Oblt Friedrich-Wilhelm Koch zur See, observer, Fw Alfred Weber, wireless operator, Ofw Rudolf Ernst, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5J+EL.