Re: 12.06.1940, Stab KG54
Crews not fully documented as uninjured. Latest information is as follows:
Stab KG54 Heinkel He111P-2. Shot down by Hurricanes of Nos. 17 and 242 Squadrons over Le Havre 12.30 p.m. Possibly that claimed by F/O Czernin. BO Oberlt Kurt Erdmann, BS Oberlt Georg Meyer, and two crewmen captured unhurt – all later released. Aircraft 100% write-off.
Possibly that reported crashed at Anglesqueville-l’Esneval, five miles south of Étretat, whose crew were first transported to Le Havre then Cherbourg where they were overtaken by the German advance.
Stab KG54 Heinkel He111P-2. Shot down by Hurricanes of Nos. 17 and 242 Squadrons near Le Havre 12.30 p.m. Possibly that claimed by P/O Leary. BO Oberlt Max Winkler, FF Oberlt [ ] Schletz, and two crewmen all believed unhurt. Aircraft 100% write-off.
Possibly that which belly-landed behind Ferme Fiquet off the road between Les Loges and Bordeaux-St-Clair, west of Étretat, where it was set alight by its crew before they were delivered to advancing German troops near Fécamp.
Stabsstaffel KG54 Heinkel He111P-2. Forced-landed damaged by Hurricanes of Nos. 17 and 242 Squadrons near Le Havre 12.30 p.m. FF Fw Wilhelm Müller and rest of crew captured unhurt – all later released. Aircraft 100% write-off.
Possibly that reported crash-landed at Bréauté-Manneville.
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