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Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dijon - Dijon
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
En route, aircraft went out of control and crashed in Fond Grimaud, near Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or, north of Lyon. All five crew from the 55th Bombing Squadron based in Dijon were killed.
Crew:
Fritz Morhardt,
Helmut Stierle,
Franz Weinekötter,
Albert Schönecker,
Wolfgang Leitzger.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111F-1 in Eskişehir: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
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Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed on take off, killing all four crew members.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Rastenburg: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 8, 1942 at 0940 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Kętrzyn - Berlin
MSN:
2108
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Rastenburg (now Kętrzyn) Airport, the pilot elected to return for unknown reasons. The airplane went out of control and crashed 500 metres from the airfield. All five occupants were killed, among them General Major Fritz Todt, Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition. He was flying back to Berlin following a meeting in Rastenburg with Adolf Hitler.
Crew:
Lt Albert Hotz, pilot,
Uffz August-Kurt Hauptmann, radio operator,
Ofw Karl Bäuerle, mechanic.
Passengers:
Gen Maj Dr. Fritz Todt,
Mr. Hellford, Todt's secretary.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 near Grottaglie: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 8, 1942 at 0508 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1728
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed near Grottaglie Airport. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Ernst-Alfred Domanski, pilot,
Gefr Ferdinand Dworak, radio operator,
Fw HAns Fiedler, mechanic,
Fw Otto Syfus, air gunner,
Uffz Gerhard Uhrig, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P in Parow: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1026 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Parow - Parow
MSN:
1673
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
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 Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe 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. 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. All four crew members on board Fw.58 were killed.
Crew:
Fw Walter Möbus, pilot, †
Ogfr Paul Kämmer, radio operator, †
Uffz Wolfgang Kohl, radio operator, †
Uffz Erich Meyer, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-5 in Heraklion: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+FP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
3874
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances at Heraklion Airport. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Lt Horst Simon, pilot, †
Ogefr Johann Krause, observer,
Ogefr Walter Herrmann, radio operator, †
Ogefr Willi Bormann, flight engineer. †

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-2 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1B+EH
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
5555
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing a weather operation along the Norwegian coast when it suffered an engine failure and crashed somewhere in the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Oblt Johann Marthe, pilot,
Reg Rat Frank Weiland, meteorologist,
Fw Walter Zink, radio operator,
Ofw Alfons Müller, flying engineer.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-5 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1H+HL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
3738
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed in the North Sea somewhere between Norway and the Faroe Islands. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Uffz Arnold Schlosser, pilot,
Gefr Walter Hofmann, observer,
Gefr Erich Bergen, radio operator,
Gefr Ernst Berger, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.