|
Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the German Luftwaffe and the Air Forces of its Allies. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
||||
|
||||
He 111 H-3 W.Nr. Question
Does W.Nr. 5709, appearing on a He 111 H-3 data plate, connect with any known aircraft history? The plate was removed (reportedly during the war) from an airplane that crashed in England. It's dated 3 40.
Thank you, Steve |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Re: He 111 H-3 W.Nr. Question
Hi Steve,
2./KGr126 1T+LK Written off 16 October 1940. Records show Heinkel as manufacturer although plate found in aircraft indicated made by 'Allgemeine Transportenlagen Ges. Leipzig' with a reception date of March 1940. - - - Crashed at Creaseys Farm, Hutton, nr Brentwood 02:00. Aircraft written off. Map ref. M0812 - - - Intelligence report 'Assisted take off hook and take off gear under pilot's seat traced with tail tripod. 6' long 7" diameter steel cylinder fitted in tail fairing. Armour, semi circular bulkhead aft of top rear gunner. Shield for lower rear gunner and armour strips on floor of gondola. Portions of parachute mine shrouds found but no evidence of mine rack.' One crew killed, two baled out and captured. HTH, Regards, David |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Re: He 111 H-3 W.Nr. Question
The Essex police reports shows that the body of a german airman minus head and legs were found in a ditch at Hall Wood Hutton on 22-11-40, believed to come from a Heinkel shot down on 16-10-40. No identiy was given so it may have been the observer Uffz. Konrad Glaser who was thought to have baled out but was killed, or the Bm Gef. Johann Tordik who was killed in the Defiant attack.
|
#4
|
||||
|
||||
Re: He 111 H-3 W.Nr. Question
Gentlemen,
Thank you both for the very helpful information! Dave, it is indeed an ATG marked plate. What was the purpose of the equipment described in the statement: "Assisted take off hook and take off gear under pilot's seat traced with tail tripod."? Are such devices normal for a He 111 (H-3) of this period? Best regards, Steve Last edited by stephen f. polyak; 17th September 2006 at 03:30. |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
He 111 WNr. Question | stephen f. polyak | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 1 | 27th April 2006 21:14 |
He 111 W.Nr. Question | stephen f. polyak | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 3 | 13th October 2005 08:41 |
He 111 from 4./KG 53, May 1940, France | BABIN | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 0 | 11th September 2005 19:54 |
Graf or Steinhoff? | nick de carteret | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 29 | 30th August 2005 20:24 |
Israeli Ezer Weizman | Nonny | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 6 | 28th April 2005 03:34 |