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Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in the Baltic Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 16, 2015 at 1535 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
LY-AET
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stauning – Kattleberg – Klaipėda
MSN:
1G192-07
YOM:
1981
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Captain / Total flying hours:
9006
Captain / Total hours on type:
8995.00
Copilot / Total flying hours:
15349
Copilot / Total hours on type:
12553
Aircraft flight hours:
6920
Aircraft flight cycles:
26031
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a delivery flight from Stauning (Denmark) to Klaipėda with an intermediate stop in Kattleberg, Sweden. Recently acquired by the company for agricultural purposes, the single engine aircraft departed Kattleberg Airfield at 1312LT with an ETA in Klaipėda at 1720LT. En route, the crew informed ATC about their position at 1508LT. Less than half an hour later, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in unknown circumstances in the Baltic Sea, some 111 km off Klaipėda. The crew of a Lithuanian Marine vessel located the wreckage three days later at a depth of 124 meters. A dead body was found on May 21. The second pilot was not found.
Final Report:

Crash of a Consolidated TP-47 Catalina into the Baltic Sea

Date & Time: Jun 16, 1952 at 0420 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
47002
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a reconnaissance mission following the disappearance three days earlier of a Swedish Air Force TP-79 into the Baltic Sea. En route, the Catalina was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet MiG-15. The pilot-in-command was able to complete an emergency landing and all five crew members were rescued by the crew of the German merchant ship christened 'Münsterland'. The airplane was lost.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of a Soviet MiG-15.

Crash of a Douglas C-47 into the Baltic Sea: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L928
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
On a supply mission from Polan (30 km southeast of Šiauliai) to target No. 36 of the NKGB 80 km southwest of Danzig in poor weather by night when was lost over the Baltic Sea somewhere off the coast of Eastern Prussia. The last contact with the aircraft was 120 km southwest of Memel. All 5 crew and both passengers (NKGB officers) were considered as deceased as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.

Crash of a Caproni Ca.313 into the Baltic Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 23, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While flying over the Baltic Sea, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. The wreckage was eventually found in 1951, showing bullet impacts.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy action.

Crash of a Caproni Ca.313 into the Baltic Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a SAR mission following the disappearance the preceding day of another Caproni Ca.133 of the Swedish Air Force. En route, the three engine aircraft was shot down and crashed into the sea, killing all four crew members. It was later confirmed by eyewitnesses that the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. According to the Swedish Authorities, the aircraft was shot down while flying over the international waters.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into the Baltic Sea

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
M7+KK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
8139
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an engine failure and ditched in the Baltic Sea. All four crew members took place in a dinghy and reached the Swedish coast four days later. The airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
Oblt Viktor Schmez, pilot,
Fw Arnold Ullrich, observer,
Ofw Kurt Petsch, radio operator,
Uffz Heinrich, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18 into the Baltic Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 18, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SD+Y?
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
760
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The floatplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Baltic Sea east of the Gotland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Leopold Ragneri, pilot,
Obfhr Hans-Otto Stockey, obsever,
Gefr Josef Materna, radio operator,
Gefr Hans Stolzenberg, mechanic.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18D-3 into the Baltic Sea

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
KB+HS
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
829
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in flames into the Baltic Sea and was destroyed. All crew members were rescued.