ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 80472
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Date: | Saturday 29 August 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-3/U4 Condor |
Owner/operator: | 2./I./KG 40 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | F8+?K |
MSN: | 0090 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Reppesøren, Værnes -
Norway
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Trondheim-Vaernes airfield |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The heavily loaded Condor took off from Vaernes airfield in difficult weather conditions. The Condor did not manage to gain height and drifted south-west. The pilot was unable to turn right and the heavy wind forced the plane to the ground on the other side of the river.
Crew: Oberlt*.Theodor Jochimsen. Fw.Otto Schorrer (second pilot). Fw.Josef (1st radio op). Uffz.Karl Vellmer. Fw.Heinz Wagner (flight mech). Uffz.Felix Wiesner (2.nd Air Gunner). Fähnrich Lothar Schäfer. All rests at Havstein cemetery.
Sources:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/vaernes.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Nov-2010 14:57 |
Masen63 |
Added |
04-Feb-2011 02:56 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport] |
08-Dec-2019 18:56 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
20-May-2020 09:24 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport] |
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