[Seaplanes]

This plane was a rare He 115B-2 equipped with optional ice runners under the floats, W.Nr. 2755 and marked S4+AH. It was collected on the island of Sylt by a crew from Kü.Fl.Staffel 1./106 and flown to Hommelvik at the Trondheimsfjord, where they arrived on 21. April 1940. Despite being marked for 1./506 it was used by the same crew on a recce sortie to Narvik the following day. The crew was Oblt.z.See Rudolf Schrader (pilot), Lt.z.See Siegfried Schulz (observer) and Uffz. Erich Günther (w/o). Flying at some 10.000 feet the began to experience engine problems and soon after one of the engines caught fire. Schrader decided to make a forced landing and came down on the still frozen lake Limingen in the northern part of Trondelag and close to the Swedish border. The ice proved to have a soft surface and in spite of the ice runners, the aircraft turned over. It caught fire and burned out more or less completely. The crewmembers escaped without injuries. They were eventually captured by some Norwegians and turned over to French troops in the area. The ended up as POW's in Scotland on 30. April 1940.