He 111 ditched approx 49N 10W 23 Sept 1940
 

My apologies for the vagueness of this query, but I wonder if there is a record of a He 111 ditching at 48deg 50min N, 10deg 15min W on 23 September 1940.

I'm trying to help a thread on the Key Publishing forum at http://forum.keypublishing.com/showt...September-1940 .

Brian

Re: He 111 ditched approx 49N 10W 23 Sept 1940
 

This was the Wekusta 2 He 111 (TG+KA/Wk Nr 5396) shot down by 236 Sqn at 1700 hrs on this date

Re: He 111 ditched approx 49N 10W 23 Sept 1940
 

Many thanks for your quick response, Chris; very helpful.

Brian

Re: He 111 ditched approx 49N 10W 23 Sept 1940
 

There is a comprehensive account of this incident and the rescue operations in Pierre Babin's new (French-language) book, Le Wekusta 2 au Combat.

Re: He 111 ditched approx 49N 10W 23 Sept 1940
 

I think it was Pierre who raised the question first

Re: He 111 ditched approx 49N 10W 23 Sept 1940
 

Yes, I asked the question on a new website for me "Key Publishing Ltd Aviation forum". And, spontaneously, my friend Brian "forwarded' it on TOCH forum.

In fact I know very well all about the story of the Wekusta 2's He 111 ditched on 23rd September 1940 ... excepted the probable intervention of a Walrus in the rescue of this He 111. All my approaches to get a precise information about this tiny part of the story, were unsuccessful. And, "just for the fun" (my book is published) I wanted to know if a Walrus was involved and to which unit he belonged.

Pierre

Re: He 111 ditched approx 49N 10W 23 Sept 1940
 

2 Heinkel ''landed" that day off Brest , probably as they are pretty far from cost 400/500 km, the Brits try to give....some help

Rémi

Re: He 111 ditched approx 49N 10W 23 Sept 1940
 

Pierre

There is an account about the Walrus but won't be able to pull the file until August. Had written the incident into Coastal Dawn in version one, but it end up being edited out. Original file was lost during a break in.

Kind Regards

Andy Bird

http://andrewdbird.com

Re: He 111 ditched approx 49N 10W 23 Sept 1940
 

Thank you Andy

Pierre

Re: He 111 ditched approx 49N 10W 23 Sept 1940
 

Hello Pierre,
Have you seen the report in Wekusta by Kingston/Selinger? They mention the two Heinkels lost that day. a Bizerte flying boat picked up one crew. In the case of the Heinkel Gt+KA W.Nr.5396 it was a Sunderland which dropped a dinghy but did not alight on the sea.
I hope this helps, I can copy the details if you need them.
Delighted with your book fantastic work well done Pierre.
Regards
Tony