Airwar over Denmark

Airwar over Denmark

 By Søren C. Flensted

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He 115 crashed into the Aalbæk Bugt bay 3/5 1940.

The aircraft belonged to Kü.Fl.St 1./906 and was coded ?
T/O Aalborg See. Op: Escort for conwoy Jaguar.


At 06:15 hrs the He 115 crashed into the Aalbæk Bugt bay due to Pilot Obergefreiter Sebastian Hanslmeier being exhausted.
The He 115 was a 100% loss but the German Kriegsmarine managed to rescue Hanslmeier and W/Op Gefreiter Harry Schönherr.
Schönherr suffered from extravasations on the left leg while Hanslmeier suffered from the same thing on his left foot and from a broken nose. He was taken to the lazarett in Aalborg for treatment.
The Offizier Navigator member has no known grave.



Sources: RM 35 I/64 via Jens Andersen, RL 2 III/884, WASt.


 

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