Heinkel He.111 crash, Nov 22, 1941 (3 killed), Wrocław Lo...
Heinkel He.111 accident on November 22, 1941 near Wrocław Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland with 3 fatalities. Cause: Engine failure during the...
- Date: November 22, 1941
- Aircraft: Heinkel He.111
- Location: Wrocław Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Engine failure during the approach to Breslau in a thunderstorm led to an emergency landing.
Werner Mölders, a Luftwaffe fighter ace, was killed on 22 November 1941 when the He 111 carrying him to Ernst Udet's funeral crashed while landing at Breslau in a thunderstorm. The pilot and flight engineer also died, and two other occupants survived.