Junkers W.34

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Heide-Büsum - Heide-Büsum

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The crew was completing a local towing mission. In unknown circumstances, the towing cable broke and got stuck in the tail, causing the aircraft to crash. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Josef Simon,
Fw Heinz Damrow,
Ogefr Richhard Dommermuth.

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Loss of control in flight after the towing cable broke off and got stuck in the tail.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Warstein: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 16, 1940 at 1400 LT

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4046

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1939

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Warstein

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane was engaged as a target during an exercice and was mistakenly shot down by the German Flak. It crashed in a field located in Warstein, south of Lippstadt. Two crew members were injured while a third was killed.
Crew:
Lt Knüpfer +2.

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Mistakenly shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Kiel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 30, 1940 at 0930 LT

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4026

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1939

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Shortly after liftoff, at a height of 20 metres, the airplane stalled and crashed. All four occupants were killed. It was reported that the takeoff procedure was initiated with a cold engine.
Crew:
FF Ofw Murswiek,
Uffz Emil Podstufka,
Uffz Niklar,
Bf Ogefr Karl Rudolf Holz.

Crash of a Junkers W.34fi near Waterways: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 25, 1940

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CF-ARI

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Takeoff (climb)

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Postal (mail)

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Yes

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2732

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1933

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Shortly after takeoff from Fort McMurray, while climbing, the engine failed. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a wooded area located some 5 miles south of Waterways. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot William Beaman Donoghue was seriously injured. He died few hours later from injuries sustained.

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Engine failure after takeoff.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Rauschen: 4 killked

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1939

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Plain, Valley

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2887

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1935

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Following an in-flight collision with a Junkers JU.52, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near Rauschen (now Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad) in Königsberg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
FF Uffz Joachim Gabriel,
Lt Heinrich Rackwitz,
Bw Flg Herbert Skwara,
Bf Gefr Wenzel.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Hamburg

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1939 at 2145 LT

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HI+LB

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4057

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Hamburg

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Germany

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Europe

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Crashed near Hamburg Airport after being mistakenly shot down by the German Flak. Crew fate unknown.

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Mistakenly shot down by friendly fire.

Crash of a Junkers W.34hau in Humpoleč: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 30, 1939 at 1426 LT

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WL-OCBQ

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Vysočina Region (Vysočina)

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Plain, Valley

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3432

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Humpoleč

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Czech Republic

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Europe

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While cruising in poor visibility due to fog, the single engine airplane impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area located 2 km south of Humpoleč. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Gefr Wilhelm Nagel, pilot,
Helmut Luthardt, pilot.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 off Calamar: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1939 at 0730 LT

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C-53

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Barranquilla – Girardot

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1928

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The single engine aircraft named 'Boyacá' departed Barranquilla at 0700LT bound for Girardot. While cruising off Calamar, State of Bolívar, the float plane went out of control and crashed in a lagoon located in the Magdalena River, some 3 km off Calamar. All five occupants were killed, among them copilot Herbert Laasch.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 near Jipijapa: 6 killed

Date & Time: Oct 6, 1939

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Atahualpa

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