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Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 near Blåvands Huk

Date & Time: Mar 19, 1942 at 1925 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
S4+ML
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1323
Location:
Blåvands Huk
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed 4 km north of Blåvands Huk, bursting into flames. All four crew members escaped uninjured and the airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Crew:
Fw Seidel, pilot,
Ofhr Natalis, observer,
Ogefr Dolch, radio operator,
Uffz Zuchowski, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Blåvands Huk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8747
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Location:
Blåvands Huk
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Wattisham in order to obtain photographs from the recent bombing of Hörnum on the island of Sylt. In unclear circumstances, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Blåvands Huk. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David William Gibb Nichols, pilot,
Sgt George Herbert Stiles, observer,
LAC Jack Brian Roberts, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Blåvands Huk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1940 at 1015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
N7262
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leuchars - Leuchars
MSN:
414-1658
YOM:
1939
Location:
Blåvands Huk
Syddanmark
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leuchars at 0805LT on maritime patrol flight. While approaching the Danish coast, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some 16 km off Blåvands Huk. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard Crozier Lloyd, pilot,
P/O Andrew Barkley, observer,
AC1 Robert Smith Morton, wireless operator,
Cpl D. Turner, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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