KG 4 He 111 losses in Norway Spring, 1940
 

I'm trying to enter correctly two photos into my data base and need some assistance.

1) The first one shows a He111P of either 6. or 7./KG 4 on its nose and with its tail sheared off at Oslo-Fornebu AF, Norway, during April, 1940. One source has identified this as 5J+HP of 6 Staffel, but I think that it is probably 5J+HR of 7 Staffel. Damage in the lower part of the P or R makes the Staffel code uncertain. I think that this probably happened on April 10th, when elements of 7 Staffel tried to land on Fornebu, and may have happened at the same time that Hajo Hermann ran off the end of the runway in his 5J+KR. Photos of that aircraft have been widely published. Can anyone confirm the 5J+HR code, perhaps from a photo of the other side of the fuselage, and/or provide information on the specifics of this incident, date and crew?

2) The other photo has been identified as Norway, and shows an He111 crash-landed in rocky terrain, perhaps on a mountainside, with the right wing sheared away. This is probably either from KG 4 or KG 26, and also is most likely in the April-May, 1940 time period. Can anyone provide the specifics and indentity for this loss?

Thanks

Re: KG 4 He 111 losses in Norway Spring, 1940
 

Maybe a shot in the dark. I have a Heinkel on my homepage which could be a candidate to your number 2 request.
http://home.no.net/kjellsor/lagodal.html

Regards Kjell

Re: KG 4 He 111 losses in Norway Spring, 1940
 

Kjell,

Bingo! The 2nd photo is the aircraft on your website. Would you please contact me off board through the private message system.

Thanks!

Re: KG 4 He 111 losses in Norway Spring, 1940
 

Had not made the connection of Hermann and '5J+KR' before. However in his bio Hermann describes the incident. But it seems that this one achine is a twofer - the observer was 7./KG 4 Stkp. Erich Bloedorn, also an RK recipient.