Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 in Oldenburg: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 19, 1940 at 1150 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Oldenburg-Hatten
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
On approach to Oldenburg-Hatten Airport, the pilot initiated a go around procedure for unknown reasons. During a second attempt to land, he lost control of the airplane that crashed near the airfield. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Siegfried Engfer, pilot,
Uffz Rolf Armbrust, bomber,
Uffz Johann Heil, radio operator,
Ogfr Werner Geling, engineer.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111/P4 off Farne Islands: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1940 at 1212 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
L2+CS
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
2694
Location:
Farne Islands
Northumberland
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a reconnaissance mission over Carlisle. When approaching the British coast, the aircraft was shot down by an RAF fighter and crashed into the sea some 10 miles off the Farne Islands. All four crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.
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