Crash of a Junkers JU.88 off Bad Zwischenahn: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 21, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dinard - Oldenburg-Bad Zwischenahn
Location:
Bad Zwischenahn
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane was transferred from Dinard, France, to the airport of Oldenburg-Bad Zwischenahn in Rostrup. While on approach, the airplane collided with a second Luftwaffe Junkers JU.88 that was carrying a crew of four. Both airplanes entered a dive and crashed into the Zwischenahn Lake off Bad Zwischenahn. All nine crew members in both airplanes were killed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88 off Bad Zwischenahn: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 21, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Dinard - Oldenburg-Bad Zwischenahn
Location:
Bad Zwischenahn
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was transferred from Dinard, France, to the airport of Oldenburg-Bad Zwischenahn in Rostrup. While on approach, the airplane collided with a second Luftwaffe Junkers JU.88 that was carrying a crew of five. Both airplanes entered a dive and crashed into the Zwischenahn Lake off Bad Zwischenahn. All nine crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Cpl Rudolf Zopf +3.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Bad Zwischenahn: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1942 at 0140 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5627
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Bad Zwischenahn
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2315LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Over Germany, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed nearby the Bad Zwischenahn Airfield. Six crew members were killed and a seventh occupant became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Robert Earle Archibald, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Holmes, flight engineer,
Sgt Ian Frank Pratt, navigator, †
F/Sgt David Lorimer, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Jack Lewis Wallis, wireless operator, †
F/Lt George Liddell Caruthers Beattie, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Maurice Hamilton Denison, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Bad Zwischenahn: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Registration:
WL-OTAC
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Bad Zwischenahn
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While performing an exercice, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
FF Näscher,
Bf Adolf Kaufmann,
Bm Wilhelm.
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