Accident Wight Enlarged Navyplane ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 316841
 
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Date:Friday 26 June 1914
Time:Mid Day
Type:Wight Enlarged Navyplane
Owner/operator:Marine-Fliegerabteilung, Kaiserliche Marine
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Seeflugstation Holtenau, Kiel -   Germany
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Lieutenant Walter Schroeter, a naval aviator was killed today while making a flight. He overdepressed his steering planes and his hydro-aeroplane fell from a height of 120 feet into the water.

Sources:

Spokesman-Review, Another German Aviator Killed, 26 June 1914,

Revision history:

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12-Jul-2023 20:02 PJ Fisher Added

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