Incident Focke-Wulf Fw 58 B-2 Weihe 198,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54323
 
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Date:Tuesday 12 March 1940
Time:23:20 LT
Type:Focke-Wulf Fw 58 B-2 Weihe
Owner/operator:3 LvR; Wapen der Militaire Luchtvaart (ML)
Registration: 198
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Waddenzee, near Den Helder, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Texel De Vlijt
Destination airport:De Kooy
Narrative:
Had to make an emergency landing on a sandbank 2 miles northeast of Den Helder.
The pilot, kapitein-vlieger J.L. Zegers, had lost his way in thick fog and ran out of fuel.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0011B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Het volk : dagblad voor de arbeiderspartij
13-03-1940
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
15-Feb-2019 22:46 Cobar Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Feb-2020 13:11 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
23-May-2022 21:19 Cobar Updated [Registration]
19-Jun-2022 19:31 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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