Stavanger - Stavanger

On August 15, 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 Cresswell Northumberland.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 5, 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 aircraft was shot down by a RAF fighter and crashed into the sea, few km off shore. All five crew members were rescued while the aircraft sunk. Crew (8. Staffel III/KG 26): Uffz Willi Zimmermann, pilot, Oblt Rudolf Roch, observer, Gefr Erwin Kulick, wireless operator, Gefr Alwin Machalett, mechanic, Flgr Ernst Henrichsen, gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1H+GH.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.2353°, -1.5399°.