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Date: | Monday 22 April 1940 |
Time: | forenoon |
Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 200 S10 (A-O) Condor |
Owner/operator: | 4./KGzbV 107 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 3324 |
MSN: | D-ABOD |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Staaken airfield, Berlin -
Germany
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Berlin-Staaken airfield |
Destination airport: | Berlin-Staaken airfield |
Narrative:Test flight after repair in the airfield circuit. First right wing, then fuselage broken off, front part impact fire (Fw 200 "Kurmark").
Flugkapitän (OLt) Dipl.-Ing. Alfred Henke (pilot) and his crew died.
Accident report Deutsche Lufthansa: "Die Schuld am Unfall trifft den Fugzeugführer. Er hat die Maschine in disziplinwidriger Weise mit hoher Geschwindigkeit bis in Bodennähe gedrückt und anschließend in einer Linkskurve hochgezogen, wobei die zulässige Grenze der Beanspruchung überschritten wurde."
Sources:
Jenaer Volksblatt 24 April 1940
GQM (#1-1); Scutts, Fw200, page 220; Neulen, Lufthansa, page 41
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Apr-2020 18:44 |
TB |
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18-Aug-2021 09:27 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
22-Jun-2022 22:32 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Operator] |
05-Jul-2022 01:42 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
22-Jul-2022 08:50 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |