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Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138 off Travemünde: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K6+HH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
310013
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a test flight to check the airframe when the floatplane crashed into the sea off Travemünde. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fritz Reccius, pilot,
Walter Beckmann, chief,
Mr. Bode, engine controller,
Heinrich Krug, electrician,
Otto Stahl, workshop manager,
Hans Westphal, flight engineer.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138 off Rixhöft

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
KG+EB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
378
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The floatplane was destroyed in an emergency landing some 50 km north of Rixhöft (Rozewie), Poland. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138C-1 off Hörnum: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
8L+BK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
310023
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Suffered an accident in Hörnum, apparently following a structural failure. The air gunner was killed and all four other crew members were injured.
Crew.
Lt Hans-Joachim Fried, pilot,
Ogefr Johann Wirringa, radio operator,
Ofw Georg Klare, mechanic,
Uffz Friedrich Braun, mechanic,
Ogefr Helmut Hahn, air gunner. †

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138A-1 off Blasket Islands

Date & Time: Nov 25, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
8L+CK
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
381
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The floatplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight off the Irish coast when it suffered an engine failure. The pilot ditched the airplane off the Blasket Islands and the airplane drifted until it crashed on rocks. The crew was rescued three days later and interned.
Crew:
Uffz Wilhelm Krupp, pilot,
Oblt Konrad Neymeyr, observer,
Uffz Erwin Sack, radio operator,
Fw Hans Biegel, mechanic,
Ogefr Ernst Kalkowski, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138A-1 into the Atlantic Ocean: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 18, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
8L+HK
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
386
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The floatplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight when it crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Irish coast. No trace was ever found. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Karl Böcker, pilot,
Lt Heinz Claus, observer,
Uffz August Gross, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Jenal, mechanic,
Uffz Paul Gems, mechanic.