Date & Time: Aug 14, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
F8+BB
Flight Phase:
Flight
Survivors:
No
MSN:
0125
Country:
Iceland
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The four engine aircraft was shot down by the pilots of a USAAF P.38 and a Curtiss P-40 and crashed into the sea some 15 km west of Reykjavik. All six crew members were killed.
Crew (I./KG 40):
Ofw Fritz Köhn,
Ofw Philipp Haisch,
Ofw Ottmar Ebener,
Uffz Wolgang Schulze,
Ofw Artur Wohlleben,
Ofw Albert Winkelmann.
Probable cause:
Shot down by two USAAF fighters.