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offshore 2nd August 2016 07:56

He 115 of 1 /Fl.Erg.Gr lost on 09.05.1940 Ostsee
 
Looking for more details regarding He115C of 1 Flieger Ergänzungsgruppe (See) , lost on 9 May 1940 during training night flight. Victims : (FF) Uffz. Fritz Domke , (B) Ltn.z.S. Erhard Raydt , (Bf) Gefr. Friedrich Creter.
Did it crash on the Baltic Sea (Ostzee) ?

Chris Goss 2nd August 2016 08:05

Re: He 115 of 1 /Fl.Erg.Gr lost on 09.05.1940 Ostsee
 
Iserhöft/ Rügenwalde is stated to be the crash location

Peter Cornwell 2nd August 2016 09:28

Re: He 115 of 1 /Fl.Erg.Gr lost on 09.05.1940 Ostsee
 
I currently have this loss listed thus:

9./KGr.zbV 108 Heinkel He115. Crashed at Iserhöft near Rügenwalde, cause not stated. FF Uffz Fritz Domke, BO Lt zur See Gerhard Raydt, and BF Gefr Friedrich Creter (all from 1./Fl.Erg.Gr.See) killed. Aircraft 100% write-off.

Any further information will be appreciated.

Merlin 2nd August 2016 10:28

Re: He 115 of 1 /Fl.Erg.Gr lost on 09.05.1940 Ostsee
 
The plane was a He 115C WNr. 2777, no code available for this one.

Peter Cornwell 2nd August 2016 13:14

Re: He 115 of 1 /Fl.Erg.Gr lost on 09.05.1940 Ostsee
 
Thank you Gerhard

Seaplanes 2nd August 2016 17:19

Re: He 115 of 1 /Fl.Erg.Gr lost on 09.05.1940 Ostsee
 
I can only add that the plane carried its Stammkennzeichen. The unit code for Fl.Erg-Gr.(See), 6H+, was not introduced until much later.

RT 2nd August 2016 17:56

Re: He 115 of 1 /Fl.Erg.Gr lost on 09.05.1940 Ostsee
 
For that month, 2 contenders a rare F4+GL nd a GA+CQ

Rémi

RT 2nd August 2016 18:00

Re: He 115 of 1 /Fl.Erg.Gr lost on 09.05.1940 Ostsee
 
Most probably the F4+ is S4+ , so remains only the GA+CQ , GA+C. originaly given by some Schleuse or directly by Erg.Fl.Gr.See or the Fl.Waffensch. See 1

Rémi

gogh 2nd August 2016 22:01

Re: He 115 of 1 /Fl.Erg.Gr lost on 09.05.1940 Ostsee
 
GA+CQ -1940-07-28 in my notes


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