Luftwaffe Mine Laying Aircraft shot down over Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, 1940

**Gil Boyd** · 03-12-2019 09:56 AM

Peter,
Probably not.

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**Flying10uk** · 03-12-2019 04:14 PM

Some eyewitness accounts here are interesting. It does also confirm what I had thought that at least one mine failed to explode in the crash/fire; one can only imagine the damage that would have been caused if it had.

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Heinkel III bomber Crashes in Clacton | WWII Forums

30.04.1940 3./KGr.126 Heinkel He 111 H-4 Wnr.(not known) Oblt.Vagts
Location: Clacton on Sea, Essex, England icon

**Brit plumber** · 03-23-2019 08:59 AM

The Germans used the mine to create a blast wave which blew out windows and removed roof tiles. It wasn’t meant to cause destruction by itself, it was the incendiary bombs dropping into the roof spaces and using air drawn in through the broken windows that was to create a firestorm. The Allies later copied this to devastating effect as most are aware.

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