Schleswig | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane was transferred by the crew when it crashed near Schleswig and was destroyed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Herbert Schwarz, pilot,
Gefr Waldemar Löscher, mechanic.

Probable cause:

The loss of control was the consequence of an error of manipulation on part of the crew.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Schleswig

Date & Time: Apr 8, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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T4298

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Schleswig - Schleswig

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1951

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 2044LT on April 7 on an operation to Kiel. While flying over Germany at night, it was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in Schleswig. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Lawrence Boyer,
Sgt John Joseph W. Eames,
Sgt Wilfred Francis Hurst,
Sgt John Nugent Avery James,
Sgt Charles Snook.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m off Schleswig: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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RM+AL

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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5701

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1936

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The three engine airplane suffered an in-flight fire in the rear compartment and crashed into a lake off Schleswig. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Uffz Robert Monde, pilot, †
Lt Günther Krenzien, observer,
Uffz Heinrich Rudolf, radio operator, †
Ogfr Alfred Mendenburg. †

Probable cause:

Unknown in-flight fire in the rear compartment.