Crashed He111 at Trondheim

[edNorth]

Hello Ian.

Kjell Sörensen on Flyvrak hompage has this photo for this one.

http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/storvatnet.html

Best regards
Ed

[ianatheling]

Hi Ed
Many thanks for the information. The link provided gives much more info than that on http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/ (which records this incident on the 22/04/1940).

The loss is then He 111H F6+HH, WNr.2117 of 1./Aufkl.Gr. 122. On mission from Aalborg West Denmark. Attacked a British destroyer before combat with Gladiators of 804 sqdn.

...although if this is the same incident as that recorded on the 22-04-1940 it is claimed that it was British ground fire rather than air combat.

The crew were unhurt and set the aircraft on fire, helping it to eventually sink through the ice (after the photos were taken).

Confirmation of crew and date would still be appreciated.

Cheers

Ian

[Stig Jarlevik]

Ian/Ed

I doubt any FAA Gladiators had any dogfight with this Heinkel and certainly not those from 804 Sq. HMS Glorious had not departed from Scapa Flow on neither the 21st or 22nd of April (with 804 Sq onboard).
This she did on April 23rd and arrived that same evening off the Norwegian coast.

Cheers
Stig

[ianatheling]

Thanks Stig

The British ground fire report appears then the most accurate cause of the crash. Still have either the 21st or 22nd April 1940 as the date of the incident?
Cheers
Ian