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5082

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1941

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The airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Lechfeld AFB, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed, among them one engineer from Dornier.
Crew:
Lt Franz Kiessling, pilot,
Uffz Siegfried Glas, radio operator,
Uffz Werner Nieß, air gunner +1.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Katterbach

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1941

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Junkers JU.88

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Takeoff (climb)

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Yes

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8233

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The bomber crashed upon takeoff and collided with an obstacle. All three crew members were injured and the airplane was destroyed.
Crew:
Ofw Heinrich Trabold, pilot,
Oblt Klaus-Dietrich Siems, observer,
Uffz Horst Tünler, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 at Lechfeld AFB: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 11, 1941 at 1750 LT

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.88

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B3+NX

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Training

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Lechfeld - Lechfeld

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6087

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The crew was completing a local training flight at Lechfeld AFB. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, it went out of control and crashed in a field. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Hans Spohn, pilot,
Gefr Fritz Harr, radio operator,
Ogfr Heinz Rosska, air gunner.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17E-3 near Würzburg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1940

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Dornier DO.17

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DL+SD

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Training

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Plain, Valley

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2085

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The crew was completing a training exercise when the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed near Würzburg. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Friedrich Schmidt,
Gefr Georg Schulmayr,
Flg Hans Weissbach.

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Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Coburg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1940

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R3174

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Mildenhall - Mildenhall

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The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2123LT on August 16 on 'Koleda' operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Coburg. Three crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Evelyn Harry Toller Thwaites, pilot, †
P/O Derek Elliott Stafford Charles, pilot, †
Sgt Norman James Valentine Cownie,
P/O Maurice John Fisher,
Sgt Frederick James Pennicott,
P/O Jack Wilk, air gunner. †

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in the Mt Watzmann: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 30, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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VK+BG

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Mountains

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Schleissheim – Zeltweg

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6862

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1940

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The aircraft was on its way from Schleissheim, in the suburb of Munich, to the Zeltweg Airfield located in Styria, Austria. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane impacted the east slope of Mt Watzmann (2,713 metres high) located in the Berchtesgaden National Park, southeast Bavaria. No trace of the aircraft nor the six occupants was found until Summer 2003.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Weiler-Simmerberg: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 16, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Junkers W.34

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ND+XH

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Plain, Valley

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1433

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1928

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The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Weiler-Simmerberg, some 17 km east of Lindau, Bavaria. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Flg Karl Helmerich, pilot,
Hptgefr Helmut Striemer, radio operator,
Gefr Max Schwede, chief,
Stab Langhart.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H2 in Memmingen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 17, 1940

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Heinkel He.111

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