Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Vessem: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 27, 1942 at 1025 LT
Registration:
U5+BN
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Eindhoven - Eindhoven
MSN:
1211
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew departed Eindhoven Airport on a local test flight. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in Vessem, 7 km southwest of the airport. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Lt Helmut Dörries, pilot, †
Gefr Horst Urban, mechanic,
Kurt Wedemann, instructor.
Crew:
Lt Helmut Dörries, pilot, †
Gefr Horst Urban, mechanic,
Kurt Wedemann, instructor.