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Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.200C-4 Condor on Mt Kvitanosi: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 27, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F8+AK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
MSN:
0140
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
En route, the four-engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Kvitanosi located northwest of Vossevangen. Four crew members were killed on impact while two others, injured, walked away to find help. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces.
Crew (2./I./KG 40):
Oblt Waldemar Hackel, pilot, †
Uffz Adolf Liebscher, pilot, †
Fldw Erwin Kopp, radio operator, †
Uffz Walter Schwartz, radio operator,
Gefr Karl Pech, †
Gefr Fritz Albrechts, flight engineer.