Minst 3 fly havarerte
i forsøket på og finne veien tilbake til Ørlandet i snøstormen.
Fw. Heinz Niehaus (Weisse 6+ WNr.2668) hoppet ut i fallskjerm
og berget livet, Messerschmitten krasjet i myra ved Damtjønna på
Heggset i Surnadal.
Niehaus mistet senere livet den 7.7 1942 ved Elvenes mens han tilhørte 11./JG.5. Han er begravet i Narvik.
Weisse12 i strandkanten ved Halsanaustan.
Bilde fra lokalavis desember 1998. Fotograf ukjent.
JGr.Drontheim Weisse12+ WNr.5163 Ofw.Friedrich Hammesfahr(23) 02.12 1941
Emergency landing due to snow storm
and lack of fuel. The plane
hit a stone wall in landing, but the pilot was unhurt and was soon back to Einsatzschwarm
Örlandet again. In 1943
he was based at Petsamo and was shot down by flak over Murmansk.
He ended his
war time career as test pilot at the Focke Wulf factory.
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