Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 off Coquet Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
M2+JL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
2234
Location:
Coquet Island
Northumberland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While approaching the British coast, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Spitfire and crashed off Coquet Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Hildebrand Voigtländer-Tetzner, pilot,
Lt Rudolf Dietze, observer,
Agefr Walter Wesserer, radio operator,
Ogefr Hans Vandanne, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111/H3 off Coquet Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1940 at 1255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Schleswig - Schleswig
Location:
Coquet Island
Northumberland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a reconnaissance mission on behalf of the 26th Squadron based in Schleswig. While approaching the British coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down and crashed into the sea off Coquet Island, killing all five occupants.
Crew (26th Squadron):
Hptmn Hans-Joachim Helm,
Uffz Karl Lassnig,
Uffz Heinrich Buchisch,
Ofw Artur Thiele,
Gefr Walter Rixen.
Probable cause:
Shot down by allied fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111/H3 off Coquet Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Schleswig - Schleswig
Location:
Coquet Island
Northumberland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a reconnaissance mission on behalf of the 26th Squadron based in Schleswig. While approaching the British coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down and crashed some 10 miles off the Coquet Island, killing all five occupants.
Probable cause:
Shot down by allied fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H2 off Coquet Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 30, 1940 at 1245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1H+KM
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Westerland - Westerland
Location:
Coquet Island
Northumberland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While cruising off the British coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by an RAF Hawker Hurricane and crashed into the sea some 8 km east of Coquet Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (4th Squadron):
Fw Helmut Höfer, pilot,
Uffz Richard Feist, observer,
Ogfr Albert Hain, wireless operator,
Gfr Werner Korsinsky, engineer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF Hurricane.
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