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Crash of a Heinkel He.177A-3 at Lärz-Müritz AFB: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 28, 1943 at 1337 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
ND+SK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
5016
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Lärz-Müritz AFB, the airplane went out of control and crashed 2 km southwest of the airbase. Four crew members were killed and the air gunner survived.
Crew:
Oblt Eugen Joost, pilot, †
Uffz Otto Joost, observer, †
Fw Johannes Wunderlich, radio operator, †
Fw Herbert Nagel, mechanic, †
Ogfr Eduard Blume, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.177A-1 near Seeblick: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1942 at 1400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Brandenburg - Brandenburg
MSN:
5232
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Brandenburg-Briest AFB on a local training exercise with six crew members on board. Following an engine failure, it went out of control and crashed near Seeblick, some 28 km north northwest of Briest AFB. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Kurt Ertel, pilot,
Ogfr Gerhard Goldbeck, observer,
Fw. Horst Marzahn, radio operator,
Pfm Alfred Grande, mechanic,
Fw August Fieseler, mechanic,
Uffz Heinrich Wenzel, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.