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Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe off Aix-les-Bains: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1944 at 1315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
TD+QE
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lyon - Lyon
MSN:
3652
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Lyon-Bron Airport on a training mission, carrying three pilots and one radio operator. After a flight of 40 minutes over the Alps, the crew passed over Chindrieux and Châtillon then the pilot made a low pass over the Lac du Bourget when the left wing tip struck the water surface and the airplane crashed into the lake. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured. In December 1993, the wreckage was localized at a depth of 112 metres.
Crew:
Adj Ernst Chronz, pilot, †
Cpl Kurt Becker, pilot, †
Cpl Rudolph Schiere, pilot,
Cpl Otto Steinbach, radio operator.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Berlin: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Berlin - Berlin
MSN:
419
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Berlin-Schönefeld Airport while performing a local training exercise. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Friedrich Bardischewski, pilot,
Gefr Ulrich Witte, radio operator,
Gefr Nikolai Birkenhold, radio operator,
Gefr Rudolf-Kurt Büttner, radio operator.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Parow: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1026 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Parow - Parow
MSN:
2816
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a local training flight at Parow Airport with a crew of four on board. While circling in the vicinity of the airfield, it collided with a Luftwaffe Heinkel He.111P that was also completing a local training flight with four crew members on board. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in a field located northeast of the airport. All four crew members were killed. On board the He.111, one crew was killed and three others were injured. The next day, one of the survivor died of injuries sustained and another one passed away on February 13.
Crew:
Lt Werner Salzmann, pilot,
Gefr Franz Schreiber, observer,
Uffz Hans Bliesener, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Dittmann, air gunner.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Stralsund: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2816
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane collided with a German Air Force Heinkel He.111 and crashed in Stralsund. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Lt Werner Salzmann, pilot, †
Gefr Franz Schreiber, observer,
Uffz Hans Bliesner, radio operator, †
Uffz Karl Bittmann, air gunner. †

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Parow

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2741
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed while making an emergency landing at Parow Airfield. There were no casualties among the crew.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe near Merkutschewa: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 31, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
2184
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was probably on a transit flight when it crashed 3 km south of Merkutschewa. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Bernhard Sereiske, pilot,
Lt Siegfried Wikesek, observer,
Fw Walter Kuhn, radio operator,
Uffz Johann Bauhuber, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Loss of control due to icing.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Jeseník: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Vienna - Vienna
MSN:
0403
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed Vienna-Schwechat Airport on a training exercise and crashed in unknown circumstances in Jeseník. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Gefr Heger,
Gefr Waclawik,
Gefr Osterle.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Královec

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing an exercise on behalf of the 72 Aviation School when it impacted the slope of a mountain in Královec, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed and three other crew members were injured. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were poor.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58C-2 Weihe off Ribnitz: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
TD+HQ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ribnitz - Ribnitz
MSN:
278
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training exercise out from Ribnitz-Pütnitz Airport when the airplane crashed for unknown reason in the Saaler Bodden. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ogefr Werner Roth, pilot,
Gefr Adolf Henninger, pilot,
Gefr Fritz Kämpfer, radio operator.