Trying to ID crash location & date for this He111 of 1./KG1 during the WC/FC

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

This photo of a FL 1./KG1 He111 has long evaded firm identification. This latest photo is posted on eBay with a location at "Veldwezelt, Belgium, 1940." This is directly west across the river from Maastricht, Netherlands. Other photos of it in the EoE DB also carry captions suggesting locations of Mechelen or near Ghent, Belgium, both quite a distance west of Veldwezelt. One of our EoE members suggests that this is a loss on May 29, 1940, and that the code could be V4+FH. Does anyone have any info that would enable us to firmly establish the date, location and crew of this a/c. Based upon photos which appear to show the other side badly damaged by flak, there were likely crew casualties aboard.

http://www.ebay.de/itm/390509700837?...1#ht_653wt_834

Who can help? This will probably be an EoE Color Profile a/c if I can nail down the specifics of this incident.

Thanx,

Regards,

Larry Hickey
EoE Project Coordinator