Trying to confirm forced-landing of He111 of 9./KG4, 5J+KT, in Norway during spring of 1940--probably at Fornebu

[Larry Hickey]

John Fredrik & Kjell,

The last photo at the excellent website posted above is one of two photos I have of this a/c. This confirms the first part of the question. I accept that this is Fornebu AF Oslo Norway. Knowing that, the April 24th incident remains a possibility, but the images of 5J+JT look to me to be a better candidate for a 70% write off. As stated above, 5J+KT doesn't look to me to be 70% damaged. 5J+JT does. It looks to me like 5J+JT collided with another aircraft on the runway above, perhaps while swerving to try and avoid it, and careened over the side of the very steep embankment alongside the runway, taking this much smaller a/c with it. Does the 4th photo down show a dead body under the He111 wing, with the wing of a much smaller a/c underneath? If this involved a collision with another a/c and a fatality, this might help us date this incident as there may be an NVM on the casualty. Almost certainly another aircraft, which might appear on the Luft QM loss list, was involved in this incident. Another clue which might help us date this.

The 5th photo down shows 5J+HP of 6./KG4. I have several images of this on its nose with the rear fuselage sticking into the air with the tail sheared off. Looks like it made a very hard landing which broke the tail off. I'd also like to date this one as well. The same with the 6th photo of white or yellow "D," obviously being broken up for salvage. This could be 5J+DM, 5J+DP, 5J+DR or 5J+DP, or it could be an He111 of KG26. We need to locate other photos of this aircraft before it was broken up for salvage.

The next photo down appears to me to be 1H+CN or 1H+GN of KG26. Does the Norwegian caption say that this is a Vaernes rather than Fornebu? Who has any information on this one? This may carry the II./KG26 insignia on the forward fuselage under the cockpit. This one does not appear to be badly damaged.

Does anyone have any further info on any of these? Dates? Crews? etc. More photos that would provide further evidence of markings.

Regards,