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He 111 serial number 5172 emergency landed near Silkeborg
7/8 1941.
The aircraft belonged to 3./ Küstenfliegergruppe 506 and was coded ?
T/o ? Op: Heimat flug.
The aircraft made an emergency landing at 14:20 hours as its engines stopped. It
passed underneath some electrical wires and belly landed in a field belonging to
Vinding Nygård farm, Vinding east of Bryrup.
It came to a sudden halt when it
hit a dyke. The engines broke off during the landing and the aircraft was 45%
damaged.
Of the crew of 6 only Flt. Engr. Unteroffizier Aal broke his leg and
was hospitalized until 15/8. The rest of the crew were unharmed.
Sources: RL 2 III/ 755+1178, LBUK.
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