The exploding of the bombs onboard left large crater, with little of the plane surviving.

The remains of this aircraft are designated as a Protected Place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. The Act makes it an offence to interfere with the wreckage of any crashed, sunken or stranded military aircraft without a licence. For further information on this Act and its administration with regard to aircraft, please contact the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre, RAF Innsworth, Gloucester, GL3 1RZ.

Event and Historical Information:
The Heinkel was likely to be on its way to bomb Liverpool but was attacked over western Anglesey by a Beaufighter flown by Pilot Officer Mervyn C Shipard RAAF. In company with another 68 Squadron Beaufighter flown by Sgt Douglas A Oxby, Shipard had been sent to RAF Valley to undertake a routine patrol off Bardsey. Shipard was put on alert by Teregwn GCI radar at 20:46 and directed to come up behind the unidentified aircraft which was confirmed to be a Heinkel. At 12700ft and 300ft dead astern, Shipard opened fire and the starboard engine of the Heinkel caught fire and then the whole of the interior. The aircraft fell steeply to port and spiralled down to crash near Bwlch-y-Fen near Gwalchmai at 23:05 hours. The four crewmen onboard were killed - Leutnant G Leins; Unteroffizieren A Tepe, G Fisher and Gefreiter R Tergesten. Three were identified and given a service with full military honours before burial at Cannock, but the pilot's body (Leins) was never found.

Sources include:
Doylerush, E, 1999, No Landing Place Volume 2: More Tales of Crashed Aircraft in Snowdonia, pg40-44
Sloan, R, 1991, Wings of War Over Gwynedd: Aviation in Gwynedd during World War II

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, December 2013.