Stavanger - Stavanger

On August 9, 1940 at 12:00 AM, Stavanger - Stavanger experienced a crash involving Heinkel He.111, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Whitburn Durham.

The flight was categorized as bombing 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. The crew left Stavanger on a bombing mission over Sunderland. After dumping its bomb, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a RAF Spitfire. The crew attempted to ditch the aircraft off shore. While the aircraft sunk and was lost, all four crew members survived. Crew (7. Staffel III/KG 26): Uffz Otto Denner, pilot, Fw Willi Haertel, observer, Uffz Gustav Karkos, mechanic, Uffz Fritz Feinekat, wireless operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1H+ER.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.7982°, -1.6810°.