Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.200C-4 Condor on Mt Kvitanosi: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 27, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F8+AK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Stavanger - Stavanger
MSN:
0140
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a routine mission out of Stavanger-Sola Airport, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Kvitanosi located 18 km northwest of Vossevangen. Four crew members were killed on impact and two others were injured. They walked away for several hours before finding help.
Crew (2./I./KG 40):
Oblt Waldemar Hackel, pilot, †
Uffz Adolf Liebscher, pilot, †
Gefr Fritz Albrechts, flight engineer,
Fldw Erwin Kopp, radio operator, †
Uffz Walter Schwartz, radio operator,
Gefr Karl Pech. †
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 in Aalborg

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1942 at 1156 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D7+HH
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Stavanger - Aalborg
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Stavanger-Sola Airport at 1032LT on a transit flight to Aalborg. For unknown reasons, it crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. All four crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Obfw Meier, pilot,
Obfw Ernst Manske +2.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 in Stavanger: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1333
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed for unknown reasons at Stavanger-Sola Airport. The observer was killed and two other crew members were injured.
Crew:
Fw Karl Kraft, pilot,
Oblt Walter Hebeier, observer, †
Uffz Bernhard Klein, radio operator.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138C-1 in Stavanger: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BD+EJ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
310048
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Stavanger-Sola Airport, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea. Two crew members were killed and four others were injured.
Crew:
Maj Helmer Schmiedt, pilot, †
Cpt Elmer Blanke, pilot,
Uffz Franz Pöllath, mechanic, †
Obfw Bohnsack, radio operator,
Uffz Möbius, observer,
Gefr Martin Schwartz, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 in Stavanger: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stavanger - Stavanger
MSN:
1051
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight at Stavanger-Sola Airport when the airplane crashed nearby the airfield. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Siegfrid Fidorra, pilot,
Ogefr Otto Jungbauer, observer.
Probable cause:
Crew error.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester IA off Stavanger: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 22, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L7522
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 0348LT on an operation to Stavanger-Sola Airport. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off the airport. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (83rd Squadron):
S/L John Rawsthorn Rainford, pilot,
P/O Eric Alfred Warren, pilot,
P/O Trevor Hardy Smith, navigator,
F/Sgt John Charles Macgregor, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Rodie Riddell,
Sgt Robert Harold Taylor,
Sgt Peter James Jordan.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 on Mt Møsnuken: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1435 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A6+EH
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Stavanger - Stavanger
MSN:
0881049
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed Stavanger-Sola Airport on a SAR operation over the Atlantic Ocean after a JU.88 registered A6+OH was missing since the previous day. Following an unsuccessful mission, the crew returned to Stavanger but decided to make a pass over Bergen. In limited visibility due to poor weather conditions, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Møsnuken located northwest of Osøyro, some 20 km southeast of Bergen. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Friedrich Buczko, pilot,
Oblt Werner Gustav Schräpler,
Lt Theodor Hitzlberger,
Uffz Paul Gerninghaus.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 into the Atlantic Ocean: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A6+OH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stavanger - Stavanger
MSN:
1521
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Stavanger-Sola Airport on an operation over the Atlantic Ocean. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the sea off the Faroe Islands. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Uffz Hubert Braun, pilot,
Oblt Paul Schmidt, observer,
Uffz Rickard Preiss, radio operator,
Uffz Lee Hager, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 in Monifieth: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1941 at 1020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A6+HH
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stavanger - Stavanger
MSN:
482
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Satavanger-Sola Airport on a reconnaissance mission over Scotland. It crashed in unknown circumstances near Monifieth, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Fw Werner Bresia, pilot,
Fw Wilhelm Wilke, observer,
Fw Walter Schnee, radio operator,
Gefr Kurt Endres, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
RU+AH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stavanger - Rantum
MSN:
5729
YOM:
1937
Location:
Country:
Region:
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.