[Rottler]

Hello Maciej,

thank you for the interesting sources. Three weeks later Lt Heinzl and his crew were lost.

Gen.Qu. loss report from 5 March 1941:
3.3. I./KG 27 Feindflug Ort: Unbekannt, Ursache: laut Funkspruch Beschuss durch Jäger, Notlandung in Südirland.
He 111 H-5 3664 1G+HL 100%
F Lt Heinzel (divergent spelling), Alfred vermisst
B Fw Voigt, Arthur vermisst
Bf Fw Hengst, Rudolf vermisst
Bm Uffz Rister, Gerd gefallen
Bs Gefr Galler, Max vermisst.

In the „Luftwaffe Kracker Archive“ (based on „Jägerblatt“ 4/2004) is noted:
Heinzl, Alfred Lt
POW 3 March, 1941 after aerial combat with Hurricanes over Tuskar Rock during an anti-shipping mission at Port Townsville in the Irish Sea. Engine damage and one seriously wounded crew caused them to make a force landing at Rostoonstown Strand, County Wexford Ireland. The four survivors destroyed the ac before being captured. Remaining crew: Fw Arthur Voigt (POW), Obs; Fw Rudolf Hengst (POW), R/O; Uffz C. „Gerd“ Rister (DOW shortly thereafter; bur Glencree Cem. Gr 13), Mech. And Gefr Matthias „Max“ Galler or Galle (POW), Gnr. All were interned at the Camp Curragh, Kildare Co. Ireland.

Regards
Leo