Heinkel He 115 B/C Frøysjøen Florø
Torpedostaffel 1./KüGr 406 WNr.0002 088 K6+OH 06.02 1944
The aircraft took off from Sola See in Stavanger, on route to Trondheim when it was attacked by a "Norwegian" Mosquito. One engine caught fire and the Heinkel crashed burning into the sea. Ofw. Hermann Borgards (F) Killed. Lt. Heinrich Scholmann (B) Missing. Uffz. Heinz Piechocki (Bf) Killed. Uffz. Konrad Esser (Bw) Killed. There was also an (unknown) technician on board. Borgards, Esser and Piechocki are buried at Solheim, Bergen.
The aircraft lies upside down at a dept of 30 meters. The Heinkel aircraft was shot down in an airbattle with Mosquito HP863/ P333 flown by Lt.Hans Engebretsen and Lt. Odd Gjestrum Jonassen.
