Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138 in Rantum

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Blohm & Voss BV 138
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Rantum (Sylt Island)
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was forced to make an emergency landing near Rantum. The airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire and there were no casualties.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
RU+AH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Stavanger - Rantum
MSN:
5729
YOM:
1937
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The three engine floatplane departed Stavanger-Sola on a flight to Rantum (Sylt Island) on behalf of the 406th Coastal Aviation Group. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All six occupants were killed.
Crew:
Ogefr Fritz Röttgen, pilot,
Gefr Wilhelm Herrmann, radio operator,
Uffz Eduard Rathje, mechanic,
Uffz Heinrich Österheld, mechanic,
Fw Paul SAtephan.
Passenger:
Insp Thielke.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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