Crash of a Heinkel He.111 off Deep: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 23, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
NG+ZO
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
2346
Location:
Deep
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Dollard, some 100 metres offshore, near Deep. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Paul Hermann Otto Thrumann, pilot,
Uffz Kurt Max Weihsbach, pilot,
Gefr Kurt Paul Franke, mechanic.

Crash of a Dornier Do.17Z off Deep: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.17
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
2790
Location:
Deep
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea in the Ems estuary, some 400 metres offshore. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Georg Lindauer,
Lt Hans Matthes,
Uffz Ernst Hahsedentaufel,
Ogefr Włoczyk.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the accident was the consequence of a wrong manipulation on part of the pilot-in-command.
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