Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Parow: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1026 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Parow - Parow
MSN:
2816
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a local training flight at Parow Airport with a crew of four on board. While circling in the vicinity of the airfield, it collided with a Luftwaffe Heinkel He.111P that was also completing a local training flight with four crew members on board. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in a field located northeast of the airport. All four crew members were killed. On board the He.111, one crew was killed and three others were injured. The next day, one of the survivor died of injuries sustained and another one passed away on February 13.
Crew:
Lt Werner Salzmann, pilot,
Gefr Franz Schreiber, observer,
Uffz Hans Bliesener, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Dittmann, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P in Parow: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1026 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Parow - Parow
MSN:
1673
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a local training flight at Parow Airport with a crew of four on board. While circling in the vicinity of the airfield, it collided with a Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe that was also completing a local training flight with four crew members on board. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in a field located northeast of the airport. One crew was killed and three others were injured. The next day, one of the survivor died of injuries sustained and another one passed away on February 13. All four crew members on board Fw.58 were killed.
Crew:
Fw Walter Möbus, pilot, †
Ogfr Paul Kämmer, radio operator, †
Uffz Wolfgang Kohl, radio operator, †
Uffz Erich Meyer, air gunner.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Parow

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2741
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed while making an emergency landing at Parow Airfield. There were no casualties among the crew.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Parow

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
5417
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed at Parow Airport following a pilot error. There were no casualties among the crew and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Crew error.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111B-2 in Parow

Date & Time: Sep 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1040
YOM:
1936
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew as forced to make an emergency landing for unknown reasons. The airplane crash landed in a field in Parow and was destroyed. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
Fw Jakob Frings, pilot,
Gefr Walter Mielke, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Parow: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
5076
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While circling over Parow, the airplane collided with a German Air Force Heinkel He.60D carrying two crew members. Both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed. All six crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Alfred Heinrich Schwärig, pilot,
Gefr Gert Wintzer, radio operator,
Gefr Otto Elsing, Mechanic,
Gefr Herbert Lopp, air gunner.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17 in Gingst

Date & Time: Sep 24, 1939 at 1400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
S2+B3K
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Parow - Parow
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Parow Airfield, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a pond located in Gingst, about 15 km northeast of the airfield. All three crew members were injured, one seriously.
Crew:
Uffz Drösch,
Bf Winkelmann,
Gefr Weller.
Probable cause:
Engine failure during climb.