Crash of a Heinkel He.111 near Gromadka: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 19, 1942 at 0045 LT
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Szprotawa - Szprotawa
MSN:
1324
YOM:
1936
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Szprotawa Wiechlice Airfield on a local training sortie. It suffered an engine failure and crashed in Osła, a village located nearby the airbase of Gromadka, some 30 km southeast of Szprotawa Wiechlice Airfield. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Günther Richardt, pilot,
Ogfr Helmut Grossböhme, mechanic.
Crew:
Lt Günther Richardt, pilot,
Ogfr Helmut Grossböhme, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.
