Date & Time:
Apr 22, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1G+AD
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
8476
YOM:
1943
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shot down by a Soviet fighter and crashed in Anapa. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Maj Erich Thiel, pilot,
Fw Günther Heins, observer,
Uffz Wilhelm Prätorius, mechanic,
Uffz Hans Deutsch, air gunner.
Crew:
Maj Erich Thiel, pilot,
Fw Günther Heins, observer,
Uffz Wilhelm Prätorius, mechanic,
Uffz Hans Deutsch, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Soviet fighter.
