Incident Dornier Do 18 D-2 0718,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17588
 
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Date:Wednesday 13 September 1939
Time:14:30 LT
Type:Dornier Do 18 D-2
Owner/operator:2./Kü.Fl.Gr.106 Luftwaffe
Registration: 0718
MSN: M2+LK
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ameland, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Seefliegerhorst Norderney, Germany
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Operation: recce flight
Crash-landing on water (poles 16(17). The floats were then punctured by a Dutch fighter aircraft and sank. The crew was imprisoned in Canada almost during the entire World War II.
In 1984 the remains of the wreckage were dug up and sold as scrap.

Sources:

FlugzeugClassic 05/2008
https://www.amelanderhistorie.nl/news/vliegtuigcrashes-op-ameland-tijdens-de-tweede-wereldoorlog-1-/_
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0002&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Apr-2008 09:48 Bleiente Added
04-Oct-2013 13:57 gerard57 Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Mar-2019 17:29 Cobar Updated [Aircraft type, Cn]
06-May-2019 19:46 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Dec-2019 19:06 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
10-Dec-2019 21:08 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
22-Dec-2019 23:01 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
12-Jun-2022 09:46 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Narrative]

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