Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 58C-2 Weihe 278,
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Date:Tuesday 17 December 1940
Time:
Type:Focke-Wulf Fw 58C-2 Weihe
Owner/operator:FFS (See) 1 Luftwaffe
Registration: 278
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Saaler Bodden, NE of Rostock, Mecklenburg -   Germany
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On 17 December 1940 the Fw 58 C-2 WNr 278 TD+HQ of FFS (See) 1, a Luftwaffe school preparing airmen for maritime units, crashed without survivors in the Saaler Bodden lagoon, northeast of Rostock.

Crew (all killed):
Ogefr Werner Roth (pilot)
Gefr Fritz Kämpfer (radio)
Gefr Adolf Henninger (trainee)

Sources:

http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seeluft/Verlustlisten/Jahr1940.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saaler_Bodden
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=54.316667&lon=12.450000&z=11

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Nov-2018 16:48 Laurent Rizzotti Added
18-Dec-2019 20:07 nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Jul-2022 09:21 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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