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Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Danzig: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 14, 1942 at 1010 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Gdańsk – Gdańsk
Location:
Gdańsk
Pomeranian Voivodeship (Pomorskie)
Country:
Poland
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training exercise at Gdańsk-Langfuhr (Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz) Airport. After takeoff, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
Probable cause:
Engine failure after takeoff.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 on Mt Eichelspitze: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Freiburg im Breisgau - Freiburg im Breisgau
MSN:
0220
YOM:
1927
Location:
Mt Eichelspitze
Baden-Württemberg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Freiburg im Breisgau on a training mission with four crew members on board. En route, it impacted the slope of Mt Eichelspitze. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Obaz Karl-Heinz Misselwitz, pilot, †
Hptm Fritz Kröning, observer, †
Hptm Erhard Borgstede, observer,
Gefr Herbert Descher, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Zbyslavec: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Registration:
ND+YI
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pardubice - Pardubice
MSN:
454
YOM:
1928
Location:
Zbyslavec
Pardubice Region (Pardubický kraj)
Country:
Czech Republic
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Pardubice Airport on a training exercise with four crew members on board. While flying in marginal weather conditions, it went out of control and crashed in an open field located 500 metres from the village of Zbyslavec. The airplane was destroyed and all four crew members were injured. The next day, one of the survivors died from injuries sustained.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Rerik: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
2854
YOM:
1935
Location:
Rerik
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Rerik, about 30 km west of Rostock. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Hans Ladegast, pilot,
Gefr Hans Schütt, radio operator.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Thaya: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1401
YOM:
1928
Location:
Thaya
Lower Austria
Country:
Austria
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Thaya. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Ogefr Egon Herb, pilot, †
Ogefr Harry Günter Endrunat, pilot, †
Ogefr Georg Kirschbaum, observer.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Prenzlau

Date & Time: May 19, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
4012
YOM:
1939
Location:
Prenzlau
Brandenburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an engine failure, crashed near Prenzlau and was destroyed. There were no casualties.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Dziwnów

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
4080
YOM:
1939
Location:
Dziwnów
West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Zachodniopomorskie)
Country:
Poland
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The accident occurred in unknown circumstances. The airplane was destroyed and all three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Uffz Helmut Konzack, pilot,
Uffz Franz Lauter, pilot,
Gefr Berthold Seiler, radio operator.

Crash of a Junkers W.34 in Paris: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Paris - Berlin
MSN:
1487
YOM:
1928
Location:
Paris-Le Bourget
Seine-Saint-Denis
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Paris-Le Bourget on a flight to Berlin, carrying one passenger, three crew members and some military mail. Shortly after takeoff, it went out of control and crashed, bursting into flames. All three crew members were injured and the passenger was killed. Recently appointed as Vice Admiral for the Southeast in the Mediterranean, the passenger was en route to Berlin to take over his duties.
Crew:
Uffz Bernhard Schneegold, pilot,
Gefr Bernhard Cleber, radio operator,
Uffz Herbert Bahr, navigator.
Passenger:
Vice Admiral Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière. †

Crash of a Junkers K.43do near Guaduas: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1941 at 1525 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Registration:
900
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Topographic
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Bogotá - Bogotá
MSN:
2571
YOM:
1928
Location:
Guaduas
Cundinamarca
Country:
Colombia
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Bogotá on a topographic mission on behalf of the Instituto Geográfico Militar y Catastral which became Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi in 1950. While flying in stormy weather, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located 5 km from Guaduas. Both occupants were killed.

Crash of a Junkers W.34hi in Dziwnów: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 18, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Dziwnów - Dziwnów
MSN:
462
YOM:
1928
Location:
Dziwnów
West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Zachodniopomorskie)
Country:
Poland
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Dziwnów Airfield on a local training mission with four pilots on board, one instructor and three students. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing to a height of 50 metres, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed near the airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Willi Axen,
Gefr Günzel,
Gefr Raum,
Gefr Fischer.
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