Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg8e in Sprötze: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 18, 1942 at 1020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
VK+PW
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
7403
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The three engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Sprötze. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Werner Fleischhauer, pilot,
Ogfr Johannes Schittkowski, radio operator,
Uffz Paul Neefischer, mechanic,
Ogfr Georg Schmidt, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H in Ollndorf: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 16, 1942 at 1325 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
3658
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Ollndorf, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Gefr Hans-Werner Ahrensdorf, pilot,
Gefr Johann Ebeling, observer,
Uffz Günther Klügel, radio operator,
Gefr Wilhelm Merchel, air gunner.

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 Junkers W.34 on Mt Eichelspitze: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Freiburg im Breisgau - Freiburg im Breisgau
MSN:
0220
YOM:
1927
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Freiburg im Breisgau on a training mission with four crew members on board. En route, it impacted the slope of Mt Eichelspitze. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Obaz Karl-Heinz Misselwitz, pilot, †
Hptm Fritz Kröning, observer, †
Hptm Erhard Borgstede, observer,
Gefr Herbert Descher, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Stralsund: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1623
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane collided with a German Air Force Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe and crashed in Stralsund. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Fw Walter Möbus, pilot, †
Ogefr Paul Kämmer, radio operator, †
Uffz Wolfgang Kohl, mechanic, †
Uffz Erich Meyer, air gunner.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Stralsund: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2816
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane collided with a German Air Force Heinkel He.111 and crashed in Stralsund. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Lt Werner Salzmann, pilot, †
Gefr Franz Schreiber, observer,
Uffz Hans Bliesner, radio operator, †
Uffz Karl Bittmann, air gunner. †

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

Date & Time: Feb 6, 1942 at 1125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1535
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While flying in marginal weather conditions (light snow), the airplane crashed under unknown circumstances near the village of Astrup. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Rudi-Paul Hannig, pilot,
Fw Karl Dippel, observer,
Gefr Gerhard Mildner, radio operator,
Uffz Heinrich Schaaf, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Haffkrug: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1588
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Haffkrug, about 20 km north of Lübeck. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Meppen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 26, 1942 at 2036 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z9315
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dishforth – Dishforth
MSN:
2379
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishforth at 1703LT on a leaflet dropping mission over Germany (Nickel operation). It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Meppen. Four crew members were killed and a fifth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Harvey Jennings Grut, pilot, †
Sgt Robert Alfred Hamilton, pilot, †
Sgt Charles Henry Stokell, wireless operator, †
Sgt Alfred Waterworth, air gunner, †
Sgt Vincent Sylvester Mancini.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.