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Re: Heinkel loss on June 12/13 1941 North Atlantic
Your translation and understanding is correct. Faroese text is fairly easy (for me):
This was likely (not) indentifed as He 111 by the ships crew crew (just German, and then He 111 H-5 by someone else, in later times, and referring to German docs) - Ship (fishing scooner) had left Aberdeen shortly before and were 15 NM ("15 fjórðungar" = 15 Nautical Miles x 1.852 metres) and skipper of Thor shot off just 22 rounds of M/G fire (likely .303 Cal Browning in my opinion) at the plane as it passed over, just 15 meters above him. (You can hardly miss a He 111 at that range, and - in my opinion - need shoot out a control cable or trim cable, causuing it to nose dive into the sea) (Pilot had armour back plate in the H-5). I have had quick look in my records, but, as this happened on North Sea side of Britain (Scotland) and does not feature in my (list of) shipping attacks, off Iceland - Faroes area.
Last edited by edNorth; 19th June 2016 at 02:28.
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