Date & Time:
Dec 27, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor
Operator:
Registration:
F8+AK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Stavanger - Stavanger
MSN:
0140
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
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. †
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.
