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Old 24th April 2013, 18:13
Khorat Khorat is offline
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Re: He 111 Wk Nr 2626

Hi Chris - not in 1941 but in 1940:

22. Oct. 1940
9./KG 27
Goven (südl., in Teich), 10 km SW Fl.Pl. Rennes (south, in a pond)
Bei Landung in Nebel Baumberührung und Absturz in Teich, (Bf Absprung ohne Fallschirm)
- when landing in fog hit a tree and crashed in a pond , WOp bailed out without parachute .

Pilot Lt. Rudolf Jansen KIA
B, Kdr Major Manfred Freiherr von Speck-Sternburg KIA
B Lt. Max Kramwinkel KIA
Bf Uffz. Erwin-Oskar Schmidt KIA
Bm Fw. Gerhard Hobbie badly WIA

It was reported as a He 111 P-2
take off was Rennes

Source GQM

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khorat
Michael Balss
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