Lille - Lille

On August 21, 1940 at 04:25 PM, Lille - Lille experienced a crash involving Heinkel He.111, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Scarborough North 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, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, 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 24 km off Scarborough. All five crew members were killed. Crew (9. Staffel III/KG 53): Fw Otto Henkel, pilot, Hptm Georg Pfeiffer, observer, Gfr Fritz Nussbaum, gunner, Uffz Hans Kiauk, wireless operator, Gfr Kurt Christ, gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration A1+?T.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.2820°, -0.4012°.