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Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe near Merkutschewa: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 31, 1941
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Survivors:
No
MSN:
2184
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Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
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Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was probably on a transit flight when it crashed 3 km south of Merkutschewa. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Bernhard Sereiske, pilot,
Lt Siegfried Wikesek, observer,
Fw Walter Kuhn, radio operator,
Uffz Johann Bauhuber, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Loss of control due to icing.