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Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 on Kvaløya Island

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1H+LK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
7147
YOM:
1942
Location:
Kvaløya Islands
Troms
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an engine failure and was ditched into the sea off Kvaløya Island. All four crew members were rescued by a fishing boat. A crew was injured.
Crew:
Oblt Scöner, pilot,
Uffz Alfred Milewski, radio operator,
Fw Schumann,
Uffz Beser.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138C-1 on Kvaløya Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Blohm & Voss BV 138
Operator:
Registration:
7R+GH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
MSN:
310034
YOM:
1941
Location:
Kvaløya Islands
Troms
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The seaplane was returning to base following a reconnaissance mission. En route, the crew encountered poor visibility with fog when the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located on Kvaløya Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ogefr Walter Nebendahl, pilot,
Uffz Heinrich Krüger, mechanic,
Obfhr Karl Heinz Strahlke, observer,
Uffz Willy Rohmann, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
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