Narrative:
Crashed during training flight. The aircraft clipped wires and masts and crashed in a snow covered field.
The crew was killed: Helmut Wolf (pilot), Wolfram Miss (pilot), Erich Lauf (navigator) and Rudi Wilker (mechanic).
» Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 29.09.2011
GB+119
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 23 January 1961 |
| Time: | 07:55 |
| Type: |  Nord 2501D Noratlas |
| Operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | GB+119 |
| MSN: | D103 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 739 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Vilkerath ( Germany)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Köln-Wahnheide Air Base (CGN/EDDK), Germany |
| Köln-Wahnheide Air Base (CGN/EDDK), Germany |
Crashed during training flight. The aircraft clipped wires and masts and crashed in a snow covered field.
The crew was killed: Helmut Wolf (pilot), Wolfram Miss (pilot), Erich Lauf (navigator) and Rudi Wilker (mechanic).
Sources:
» Hamburger Abendblatt 23.1.1961» Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 29.09.2011
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