Soesterberg - Soesterberg

On September 5, 1940 at 11:18 PM, Soesterberg - Soesterberg experienced a crash involving Heinkel He.111, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Sunderland Tyne and Wear.

The flight was categorized as bombing and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

4 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 125.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. While overflying England by night, the aircraft was shot down by the Brisith Flak. Out of control, it dove into the ground and crashed in a residential area in Sunderland. On the crash site, at 55 Suffolk Street, SAR did not find any survivor among the crew of four. In the house owned by the Stormont family, the mother was killed as the father and a kid aged 15 were seriously injured. Crew (6./KG 4): Oblt Hans W. Schröder, pilot, Uffz Franz Reitz, observer, Ogfr Rudolf Marten, wireless operator, Gefr Josef Wich, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5J+JP, MSN 3065.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.8758°, -1.4864°.