German loss, Newcastle, 15th/16th Feb 1941

ok thanks for that Phil, if you happen to find out can you let me know please

It’s not far from the Wear bridge although I’m not 100% on the exact location. Apparantly it’s only a nose structure now that NEAM looked at getting but would just disintergrate on lifting!

The rumour of the He.111 in the Tyne is actually in the Wear. Diving crews used to train on it until the structure became to dangerous!.

Where abouts is that at Phil, i live 2 minutes walk from the Wear

would be interesting to look at where it is even if i cant see it

Four killed, 1 bailed out but fell on trolley bus wires and was electrocuted.

🙁 Poor sod just wasn’t meant to outlive his crew was he?

Moggy

The rumour of the He.111 in the Tyne is actually in the Wear. Diving crews used to train on it until the structure became to dangerous!

As for the Shields crash in Beach road.. This claimed the first civilian casualty in South Shields of WW2 whom happened to be a fireman (Mr Purvis, a relative of mine) recovering one of the bombs out of the marine park lake when it detonated. I’m lucky enough to have a part of this aircraft in my collection as my grandfather, only a teenager at the time was one of the first on the scene scavenged a few parts although most confiscated of him at the crash site by the local constabulary! Regards, Phil.

What about the HE111 in the tyne? im sure ive heard stories of that? apparently at very low tide you can see the skeleton of its tail sticking out of the silt?

There used to be a couple of Luftwaffe aircrew graves in Heaton Cemetery which I last saw about 1953. Any connection I wonder???
Jim

16-2-1941 00.35 hrs. Bents Park, South Shields
Hit balloon cable, dived into ground, fire, mine exploded 20 minutes later.
“G” painted yellow on wing.
Four killed, 1 bailed out but fell on trolley bus wires and was electrocuted.

00.25 hrs.
Flying at 4,000′ hit cables at site 65 of 937 Sqdn., 15′ of wing torn off and fell on site in two pieces. A/c crashed near site 6 where it caught fire, bombs exploded,all killed.

Only loss over the North East on 15/16th Feb 1941 was the He.111 which you refer to (w/nr. 3085 of 6/KG4) which came down at South Shields. Anti-Aircraft fire struck the aircraft and it was losing height when its port wing collided with the cable of a barrage balloon. It crashed at the Eastern end of Beach Road at Bent’s Park.

Cheers
Dave

The guys you need to speak to are ACIA – www.acia.co.uk

all I’ve heard of was the famous He111 in Sunderland centre, a probable Ju88 off the coast at Whitley BAy (possible wreckage visible near St Mary’s Lighthouse a couple of summers ago – wish I’d got the waders on!

ACIA will have records of whatever you’re looking for.:cool: