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Crash of a Dornier DO.18D-3 off Stege: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1941
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Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
839
YOM:
1939
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Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
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Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a training flight when the crew was forced to make an emergency landing for unknown reasons. The floatplane was ditched off Stege and sank within 10 minutes. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Ofw Ernst Derks, pilot,
Ofhr Armin Köhler, pilot, †
Ofhr Wolfgang Lenze, pilot,
Uffz Oskar Schäffer, mechanic. †