Accident Focke-Wulf FWP-149D DB+392,
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Date:Monday 17 August 1959
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic P149 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Focke-Wulf FWP-149D
Owner/operator:Luftwaffe
Registration: DB+392
MSN: 018
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Gruibingen -   Germany
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed on a hill (Hoher Bossler, 799,7 m) in the Swabian Alp, 20 meters below the summit in fog (CFIT). Uffz Götz Gottfried Eichler (23, JaboG32) and Gefr ... (22) killed.

Sources:

https://www.flugzeugforum.de//bw-kennungen-1968-a-53061-4.html
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
http://www.321tigers.org/321.html
Passauer Neue Presse 19.8.1959, p5
Hamburger Abendblatt 18.8.1959, p2

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Aug-2010 10:57 TB Added
14-May-2011 12:15 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
22-May-2011 08:17 TB Updated [Source]
23-Jul-2012 12:18 TB Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
06-Jan-2013 09:04 TB Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
31-Oct-2019 09:28 TB Updated [Operator]

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