Incident Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 V-11 00011,
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Date:Friday 5 May 1944
Time:day
Type:Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 V-11
Owner/operator:Erprobungsstelle Rechlin Luftwaffe
Registration: 00011
MSN: DM+SO
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Vehnemoor nature reserve, municipality Bösel, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crash landing due to pilot error during recovery of a crashed Do 217K.
The pilot, Leutnant Gerstenhauer, was wounded. The damage was assessed at 35%.

Sources:

Flugzeug Classic Special 8, p58
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_223
LW Losses by Michael Balss
https://www.nlwkn.niedersachsen.de/naturschutz/schutzgebiete/einzelnen_naturschutzgebiete/naturschutzgebiet-vehnemoor-44793.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Mar-2012 08:36 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ]
06-Mar-2012 09:59 TB Updated [Source]
25-Jul-2013 18:56 Nepa Updated [Operator]
03-Aug-2013 13:31 TB Updated [Operator, Source]
29-May-2019 14:02 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
30-Jan-2020 09:35 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]

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