Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 in Zuidzande

Date & Time: May 29, 1940 at 1730 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
L1+LP
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf
Location:
Zuidzande
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in Zuidzande. All four crew members survived.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-3 in Groede: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 21, 1940 at 1730 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
L1+BH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf
Location:
Groede
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing after the aircraft has been hit by enemy fire. A crewman was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Ofw H. Kassing, pilot,
Ogfr K. Schneider, observer, †
Ogfr G. Filla, radio operator,
Gfr W. Knappe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.73 in Soest: 20 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1938 at 1100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Savoia-Marchetti SM.73
Operator:
Registration:
OO-AGT
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Brussels – Düsseldorf – Berlin
MSN:
4
YOM:
1936
Location:
Soest
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
16
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
20
Circumstances:
On the leg from Düsseldorf to Berlin, while cruising at an altitude of 5,000 feet in fog and rain, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field. All 20 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Joseph Vanden Eynde, pilot,
André Edmond Moulin, copilot,
Josef Baus, radio operator,
Charles Deleusse, engineer.
Passengers:
Friedrich Luther,
Ernst Maurach,
Walter Kappes,
Mrs. Walter Kappes and three children,
Paul Ullmann +8.
Probable cause:
Investigations were unable to determine the exact cause of the accident. There was speculation that a propeller may have broken, tearing loose an engine, or that the pilot may have attempted a sudden pullout from a rapid descent, the manoeuvre over stressing a wing and causing its failure.
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