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 Middlesbrough Yorkshire.

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 RAF Spitfire and crashed into the sea, some 30 miles east of Middlesbrough. All five crew members were rescued while the aircraft sunk. Crew (8. Staffel III/KG 26): Fw Fritz Baldauf, pilot, Lt Adolf Renner, observer, Ogfr Wilhelm Rössinger, wireless operator, Gefr Walter Lorenz, mechanic, Uffz Christoph Schumann, gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1H+FS.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.5760°, -1.2344°.